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Open sourceThere’s one big reason that Postgres can’t kill Oracle, and it’s not the technology
Postgres is popular but can't unseat Oracle due to its business practices. Here's how Oracle wins with its contracts and database stickiness.
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Big Data85% of big data projects fail, but your developers can help yours succeed
Big data has been a big disappointment, but there's a way to ensure yours won't be.
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Big DataHow one startup’s plan to break IT’s stranglehold on data just might work
New startup Dremio just emerged from stealth and aims to democratize data for BI professionals in the same way that AWS opened up infrastructure for developers.
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Big DataUnstructured data: A cheat sheet
Unstructured data is approximately 80% of the data that organizations process daily. This primer covers what unstructured data is, why it enriches business data, and how it speeds up decision making.
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Big DataApache Hadoop: A cheat sheet
Hadoop is a popular open-source distributed storage and processing framework. This primer about the framework covers commercial solutions, Hadoop on the public cloud, and why it matters for business.
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Big DataPredictive analytics: A cheat sheet
IBM Watson is the most well-known example of predictive analytics in use. If your company wants to benefit from predictive analytics, here's what you need to know.
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CloudSAP HANA: The smart person’s guide
Have you been considering a database migration to SAP's HANA database management system? Here's everything you need to know about it.
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Internet of ThingsHow Hershey used IoT to save $500K for every 1% of improved efficiency in making Twizzlers
Find out how Hershey leveraged the Internet of Things, cloud computing, machine learning, and big data to regulate production at its factories, without hiring a data scientist.
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Big DataBig data privacy is a bigger issue than you think
When it comes to privacy, big data analysts have a responsibility to users to be transparent about data collection and usage. Here are ways to allay users' concerns about privacy and big data.
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Big DataIBM launches IBM Machine Learning cognitive platform for the private cloud
IBM Machine Learning leverages parts of Watson to help train and deploy analytics models in the private cloud, to first be used with the IBM z System Mainframe.
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Big DataRethinkDB is dead, and MongoDB isn’t what killed it
RethinkDB hit the skids, but not because MongoDB. Instead, the cloud is to blame.
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Big Data5 things IT leaders can learn from the big data market
IT decision makers don't have to start from scratch when it comes to analytics. Find out some analytics best practices for small, midsize, and large businesses.
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Big DataIBM Watson gets a big data boost with open source CognizeR extension
IBM Watson and Columbus Collaboratory recently partnered on CognizeR, an open-source R extension that lets data scientists using R more easily use Watson tools.
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Big DataNoSQL keeps rising, but relational databases still dominate big data
Even though MongoDB and Cassandra keep winning converts, enterprises are keeping their RDBMSes around, and will do so for quite some time.
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Big DataData lakes: Cheat sheet
A data lake is a set of unstructured information that you assemble for analysis. Deciding which information to put in the lake, how to store it, and what to make of it are the hard parts.