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Big Data Analytics
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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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Commoditizing HPC: What it means for IT
The sooner IT readies itself for HPC, the more aggressive companies can be in taking advantage of big data in ways that present-day business analytics can't facilitate.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | January 14, 2013, 5:26 AM PST
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Setting a KPI course for Big Data
Big Data can be a lot like spring cleaning. You can come across a lot of "stuff" you don't really need, but you still have to dig into it. So where do you start?
Posted by Mary Shacklett | January 9, 2013, 5:08 AM PST
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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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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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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
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Directory: Big data vendors in the US
TechRepublic's directory of big data vendors has market, product, and contact information on companies that provide data analytics, data warehousing, or other "big data" products and services.
Posted by Bill Detwiler | November 20, 2012, 10:14 AM PST
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10 things IT architects should consider when choosing data storage technologies
One important part of dealing with data is figuring out how and where to store it. Here are ten things to think about when choosing the right data storage technologies for your enterprise or project.
Posted by Guest Contributor | September 18, 2012, 7:31 AM PDT | Latest comment by Marc Jellinek
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Big Data archiving should be more mission-critical
Sites should be planning for ready and painless user access (without IT intercession) to relevant historical information, as well as split second access to data that has been newly created.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | April 15, 2013, 6:28 AM PDT
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Big Data defined
If you are a leader, how you define big data has important implications on your subsequent strategic decisions.
Posted by John Weathington | September 4, 2012, 6:32 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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The role of the Data Scientist in Big Data
The role of the Data Scientist can be wide ranging while critical to large-scale Big Data efforts. Will Kelly peers into the role of the Data Scientist.
Posted by Will Kelly | December 17, 2012, 6:11 AM PST
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Gamification data can drive ROI
Gamification isn't just for driving customer engagement. One company shows how its platform can drive ROI by giving enterprises more insight into how their site and products are used.
Posted by Toni Bowers | November 1, 2012, 6:26 AM PDT
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Big Data and social media: A match made in heaven?
In the private sector, there's excitement around a relatively simple premise: that Big Data can divine actionable answers from the chaos of social media. Is this true?
Posted by Patrick Gray | October 23, 2012, 3:00 PM PDT | Latest comment by jonparksny
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Defining an ROI for Big Data
Efficient resource utilization is the area of Big Data ROI that the CIO needs to bring to the budget discussion.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | November 19, 2012, 4:00 AM PST
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Build your Big Data strategy on what tomorrow will look like
If you're building your Big Data strategy based on what people are talking about today, you need to start over.
Posted by John Weathington | September 17, 2012, 5:33 AM PDT
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Big Data: Moving from strategy to tactics
Big Data, which comes into the enterprise unstructured and unorganized, first needs to be "prepped" so that it can be processed by a business analytics program. Here's what you need to do.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | October 22, 2012, 5:22 AM PDT | Latest comment by mrabkin
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Big Data analysts: Do you hire or train for it?
One way to harness big data is to hire someone to do it. But you're going to find yourself in a highly competitive market.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | November 7, 2012, 5:14 AM PST
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Big Data and the Internet of Things
There's little practical benefit the Internet of Things without an ability to track, manage, and glean useful information from the massive amount of data a world of interconnected devices will...
Posted by Patrick Gray | November 14, 2012, 6:33 AM PST
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Infographic: Making the case for big data analytics and intelligence
Slashdot offers this infographic that breaks down the business case for big data projects.
Posted by Selena Frye | September 24, 2012, 7:10 AM PDT
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Big Data, big problems?
Mary Shacklett offers some tips for how to make the transition from tracking traditional transaction data to the unstructured and rich data formats that come in from the web.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | October 15, 2012, 5:15 AM PDT
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Can Big Data Analytics learn some lessons from fraud detection software?
Credit card fraud detection analytics has worked in banking-and its history yields lessons that should be applied to Big Data.
Posted by Mary Shacklett | December 10, 2012, 5:06 AM PST | Latest comment by ADCom Solutions
