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Big Data Analytics
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Are your organization's governance practices ready for Big Data?
Getting Big Data ready to meet a new regulatory requirement is not something that tools and automation alone can solve. Here's what IT can do to ensure governance.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | March 13, 2013, 6:08 AM PDT
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Practice big security with Big Data
Security is often an afterthought in most rapidly maturing applications, and Big Data is no exception.
Posted by Patrick Gray | March 11, 2013, 7:44 AM PDT
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SMBs can find value in predesigned analytics
Organizations understand the value of harvesting Big Data, but not everyone can afford a six-figure investment to get into the game.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | March 6, 2013, 4:58 AM PST
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Big Data is not just about the customers
Even if you have great ideas for how to use your Big Data once you have it in place, have you considered where this data will come from?
Posted by John Weathington | March 4, 2013, 8:24 AM PST | Latest comment by johnweathington
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Life after your Big Data strategy
Where will your Big Data resources go after your strategy successfully completes?
Posted by John Weathington | March 4, 2013, 5:10 AM PST
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Big Data analysis gets more complex
Companies want to know more complex elements that could be triggers of consumer behavior, besides just how old they are and what gender they are.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | February 27, 2013, 11:53 AM PST
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Big Data: Don't spend money just to produce trivia
In all this sound and fury about Big Data, it's easy to forget that its actual intent is to help make a decision.
Posted by Patrick Gray | February 25, 2013, 8:11 AM PST
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Big Data in 2013 - Now that we have our feet on the ground
Mary Shacklett takes a look at what IT can expect now that it has another year of Big Data under its belt.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | February 20, 2013, 2:09 PM PST
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Experts answer five critical big data questions
The era of big data is here and as more businesses realize the need to implement big-data-related solutions, more questions arise.
Posted by Teena Hammond | February 20, 2013, 12:34 PM PST | Latest comment by Robert Withers
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How to tackle Big Data cleanup
Mary Shacklett outlines six tips for classifying and cleaning up data.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | February 18, 2013, 4:48 AM PST
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Apply Big Data to the email fight
Will Kelly looks at how Big Data technologies can be applied against a number of enterprise email issues now and in the future.
Posted by Will Kelly | February 13, 2013, 12:16 PM PST
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IT should get ready for new Big Data network breakthroughs
Mary Shacklett covers the key planning and research considerations for networks and Big Data.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | February 11, 2013, 5:07 AM PST
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Before Big Data, clean data
With interest in the analysis side of data at an all-time high, it's not a bad time to suggest efforts to clean that most critical aspect of any Big Data project.
Posted by Patrick Gray | February 6, 2013, 11:51 AM PST
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Big Data projects signal change in documenting
Big Data projects especially in the beginning can mean having to change how your organization documents technology projects.
Posted by Will Kelly | February 4, 2013, 6:01 AM PST
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Network planning should be part of Big Data
Network specialists should be keeping their ears to the ground with respect to new network-enhancing technologies that are likely to be directed into the company's Big Data initiatives.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | January 30, 2013, 5:22 AM PST
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Framing your Big Data strategy for success
As an information strategist, John Weathington frequently sees organizations who are unsure of their Big Data strategy six months into the effort. Here are his tips for framing Big Data success.
Posted by John Weathington | January 28, 2013, 6:38 AM PST
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Recouping your Big Data investment in one year
Although the horizon for your Big Data strategy may be three to five years, there's no reason why you can't recoup your investment within the first year.
Posted by John Weathington | January 23, 2013, 5:21 AM PST
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Live event: TechRepublic and ZDNet's Big Data Webinar
A panel of experts will join TechRepublic and ZDNet's live webinar to discuss the findings of a recent ZDNet survey on Analytics/Big Data. Find out how to register.
Posted by Bill Detwiler | January 21, 2013, 12:16 PM PST
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Big Data lessons enterprises can learn from the Cloud
Cloud solutions for the supply chain, where the approach to data gathering and data sharing has been nothing short of revolutionary. Here's what those solutions can teach us about Big Data.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | January 21, 2013, 8:05 AM PST | Latest comment by kees lucassen
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Three applications of M2M and Big Data
Will Kelly points out three areas where Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies and Big Data are coming to together to deliver business results.
Posted by Will Kelly | January 16, 2013, 11:18 AM PST
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Unconventional uses of Big Data and predictive analytics
Will Kelly tells us about some unconventional uses of Big Data and predictive analytics that are happening across multiple industries.
Posted by Will Kelly | May 6, 2013, 4:48 AM PDT
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How to harness Big Data in motion
Here are some of the technologies that companies need to look at if they want real-time big data analytics.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | May 17, 2013, 5:13 AM PDT
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Hadoop: Expect enhanced performance soon
One by one, tech industry sectors and technologies are lining up with solutions that will continue to enrich Hadoop performance in the data center.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 29, 2013, 4:49 AM PDT
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Get a woman's touch on your Big Data team
If there's a gender imbalance on your Big Data strategy team, you're doing yourself a great disservice.
Posted by John Weathington | April 24, 2013, 5:19 AM PDT | Latest comment by ms.spock
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Building an analytics infrastructure around big data
The right big data infrastructure comes down to asking the right kinds of questions, and developing a suite of analytics reports that carry back business intelligence on both historical and real...
Posted by Mary Shacklett | May 8, 2013, 5:21 AM PDT
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Preparing enterprise applications for Big Data
Before dashing off RFPs for a Big Data initiative or signing purchase orders on fancy new hardware and software, consider the readiness of your Enterprise Applications.
Posted by Patrick Gray | May 10, 2013, 5:29 AM PDT
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10 emerging technologies for Big Data
Thoran Rodrigues interviewed Dr. Satwant Kaur about the 10 emerging technologies that will drive Big Data forward.
Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | December 5, 2012, 6:00 AM PST
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With Big Data, what's better--qualities or quantities?
When selecting the data scientists that will fuel for your Big Data innovation and/or strategy, you must make sure you understand how they feel about research.
Posted by John Weathington | May 15, 2013, 5:33 AM PDT
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Big Data and the million-node network
As you consider how to cope with a million-node network, apply Big Data diligently and carefully, with a business problem the tools are expected to solve guiding your implementation.
Posted by Patrick Gray | May 22, 2013, 5:14 AM PDT
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Big Data in your call center: Managing the numbers
The data collected by your call center software is huge and varied. But which metrics matter and how can you make changes based on those metrics?
Posted by Guest Contributor | May 1, 2013, 5:08 AM PDT
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Big Data velocity: Now is the time
Technologies are coming onboard now that will help Big Data velocity efforts with built-in business rules, automation, and new ways to store and access data. Now the time for businesses to map out...
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 22, 2013, 5:44 AM PDT
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Dying of thirst in an ocean of data
Organizations need to find ways to bring seas of data under control and use methodologies capable of identifying and harvesting the information that they have a need to know.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | May 22, 2013, 11:09 AM PDT
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Three applications of M2M and Big Data
Will Kelly points out three areas where Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies and Big Data are coming to together to deliver business results.
Posted by Will Kelly | January 16, 2013, 11:18 AM PST
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Experts answer five critical big data questions
The era of big data is here and as more businesses realize the need to implement big-data-related solutions, more questions arise.
Posted by Teena Hammond | February 20, 2013, 12:34 PM PST | Latest comment by Robert Withers
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How Big Data changes the game for non-profits
Big Data projects for non-profits are providing answers to problems that were previously considered to be almost insurmountable.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 2, 2013, 5:06 AM PDT
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To get Big Data buy-in, IT should let go of proof of concept
If your company is currently experimenting with Big Data in an attempt to prove some sort of concept--interrupt this right away. If you're going to prove something--it better be value.
Posted by John Weathington | April 11, 2013, 5:01 AM PDT | Latest comment by johnweathington
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Three areas of concern for Big Data in the data center
Big Data is not just a tool for business analysis. it can also be a helpful tool to improve the data center.
Posted by Patrick Gray | April 17, 2013, 5:39 AM PDT
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Creating a data project using SQL Server Integration Services
Edmond Woychowski walks though the creation of a data project using SSIS, a data migration tool that is part of SQL Server Standard Edition or above.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | September 26, 2012, 9:16 AM PDT
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SMBs: How to ramp up for Big Data quickly
If you are an SMB and you know you can't afford to bring high-dollar analytics solutions and data analysts into your organization, here are some things you can do to improve your competitive position.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | December 3, 2012, 5:39 AM PST
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Beyond hype: 70 percent will use data analytics by 2013
Survey of over 1,300 TechRepublic and ZDNet members shows a growing expectation that data analytics and big data will have a major impact on businesses' performance in the next two years.
Posted by Bill Detwiler | November 29, 2012, 11:34 AM PST | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
