Big Data is happening now. Learn about the tips and technology you need to store, analyze, and apply the growing amount of your company's data.
Emirates NBD are one of the largest banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The bank struggled with slow provisioning and a complex IT environment. Provisioning physical servers could take months, and virtual servers took up to a week to provision. To increase the speed and flexibility of IT delivery while controlling costs, it began ...
As enterprises work to balance innovation with efficiency – and increasingly adopt cloud-first strategies – agility is key. “Cloud-first” mandates accelerate cloud adoption within an enterprise and across enterprises looking at what their peers are doing. Get started and learn 4 key capabilities supporting cloud adoption and agile integration approaches that offer faster, more flexible ...
The field of analytics has evolved considerably over the years, moving from rudimentary dashboards to highly sophisticated analyses—including prescriptive analytics, which enables businesses to make better decisions, mitigate future risk, and gain a competitive advantage. This ebook, based on the latest ZD/TechRepublic special feature, offers a detailed look at what prescriptive analytics is and how ...
The EU’s GDPR has been in place for nearly a year, but confusion and noncompliance still abound. This guide offers a detailed look at GDPR stipulations and their potential impact on your company. From the guide: Through the power of information technology, any enterprise that sells products or provides services via the internet is technically ...
When it comes to the cloud, most businesses have moved from wait-and-see to a “how do we make it happen now?” approach. But the complexities of moving valuable content from legacy systems to the cloud is still a daunting challenge. That’s why some businesses are putting off the move even though they’re painfully aware of ...
The data scientist role has become increasingly important for organizations as they shift to data-driven decision making. But recruiting top talent and developing a cohesive team of data scientists is proving difficult for many businesses. This ebook looks at some of the biggest challenges facing companies that are trying to build a data science team. ...
Prescriptive analytics leverages big data and machine learning (ML) to provide recommendations, forecast outcomes, and prescribe courses of action. This ebook offers an in-depth look at how this type of analysis works and what you need to know before undertaking it. From the ebook: To understand prescriptive analytics, it’s important to have a basic working ...
Many organizations are being overwhelmed by huge volumes of data, but they don’t know how to reap its benefits. This ebook looks at how to gain key business insights from that data, choose the right tools to manage it, and leverage predictive analytics to improve business processes and make more targeted decisions. From the ebook: ...
Before you walk into your next interview for a data scientist job, be sure you prep with this ebook. It offers a list of questions interviewers may ask—and a list of questions you can ask them, to demonstrate your knowledge and business focus. From the ebook: Demand for data scientists continues to grow, and the ...
Governments, public utility officials, and civic leaders around the world are tapping into solutions that are driven by emerging technologies—from big data analytics to AI to IoT. This ebook looks at several recent initiatives designed to improve services in the public sector. From the ebook: Some cities are benefiting from a new data collection paradigm ...
As natural disasters continue to escalate, the role of NGOs in relief efforts is growing. This ebook looks at how data-driven technology helps them achieve transparency, plan operational objectives, and direct their aid and support where it’s needed. From the ebook: Hurricanes don’t really have birthdays. But if they did, August 17, 2017, would mark ...
IoT has made tremendous inroads into consumer lifestyles and business operations. This ebook introduces the basics of IoT and covers the most prominent trends and use cases, from health care to manufacturing to transportation technology. From the ebook: For the last five years, technology pundits have been talking about how cloud computing, big data, and ...
For modern businesses, the classic hub and spoke WAN doesn’t make sense when they rely heavily on SaaS and cloud applications. At these organizations, an SD WAN-based approach, one that cuts down on unnecessary traffic and helps users to access the applications they need is often the best strategy. In this eBook, we’ll explore the ...
Cloud services are fueling how the modern enterprise works. As new cloud services become available, and as adoption increases, the need for a strategy to help manage it all is only going to grow. If your enterprise is finding it difficult to navigate cloud adoption and sprawl, the following five steps will help you first ...
The combination of 5G and edge computing will unleash new capabilities, from real-time analytics to automation to self-driving cars and trucks. This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, offers a comprehensive look at how this transformation is occurring. From the ebook: Increasing numbers of organizations are gathering and analysing data at the edge ...