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Encouraging users to embrace big business data

Posted December 12, 2011 - 9:00 am

Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on encouraging users to embrace big business data. Add your opinion and advice.
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Big data strains small-business bandwidth

Posted December 6, 2011 - 4:54 pm

Just as enterprise tech has always trickled down to smaller businesses, so too are the benefits and challenges of big data.
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A rare peek into power grid management with big data visualization, at California ISO

Posted December 1, 2011 - 5:34 pm

Cal-ISO facilitates the management of power lines throughout the state. It’s not the only company to do it, though managers say this facility is the most up-to-date. Its control room likes like something out of a movie, where specific desks are charged with big tasks -- like wholesale brokering of energy into California and management of emergency power line failures.
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Big data can yield extra profit

Posted November 30, 2011 - 2:05 pm

Using real-time data, instead of intuition, helps you meet the evolving needs of your high-value customers and earn an agility dividend
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IT stats in handy video format

Posted November 29, 2011 - 2:21 pm

A lot of enterprise IT vendors are using the term "Big Data" these days, much in the way they used the term "cloud" a few years ago, as the "next big thing" for IT. This video shows a ton of stats that will prove them right.
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2012: The year of 'big data'

Posted November 22, 2011 - 10:08 pm

With the amount of information created and replicated expected to surpass 1.9 zettabytes in 2011, now is the time for enterprises to start using big data technology, according to analyst firm, IDC Australia.
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Storage in a big data world

Posted November 17, 2011 - 5:26 pm

The beauty of little boxes, and their role in the future of storage.
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Walmart tries new tech with eye on consumers

Posted November 11, 2011 - 4:14 pm

Walmart could start letting shoppers buy products in the aisles and skip the checkout line, but the world's largest retailer needs to find out how that would improve the customer experience, the company's e-commerce chief said Thursday.
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Hadoop skills are in high demand

Posted November 10, 2011 - 7:04 pm

Growing enterprise interest in Hadoop and related technologies is driving demand for professionals with big data skills.
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Accel buys into Big Data hype with $100M venture fund

Posted November 9, 2011 - 11:26 am

Accel Partners launched a $100 million Big Data Fund at the sold-out Hadoop World conference in New York Tuesday in an effort to help start-ups exploit new data types expected to dominate computing and networks for years to come.
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Red Hat Gluster, the cloud storage monster

Posted November 8, 2011 - 9:51 pm

With the Gluster acquisition, Red Hat has renewed interest in distributed storage -- and become a big data storage player overnight.
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Managing the fears that define the information age

Posted November 8, 2011 - 5:43 pm

Failure to embrace new technologies and new information management practices is predicted to doom us to a form of cognitive starvation.
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Hadoop ready for corporate IT, execs say

Posted November 8, 2011 - 4:52 pm

Despite some lingering technology issues, Hadoop is ready for enterprise use, IT executives said Tuesday at the Hadoop World conference here.
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Big Data gets a venture fund of its own

Posted November 8, 2011 - 11:58 am

Venture firm Accel Partners is placing a $100 million bet on the future of Big Data.
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Hadoop creator expects surge in interest to continue

Posted November 7, 2011 - 11:38 am

Doug Cutting, the creator of the open-source Hadoop framework that allows enterprises to store and analyze petabytes of unstructured data, is bullish on the future.
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5 hot tech projects to boost your IT career

Posted November 7, 2011 - 7:06 am

Take the reins of any of these five forward-looking initiatives and become an IT hero in the eyes of upper management
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7 ways to do big data right using the cloud

Posted November 1, 2011 - 3:33 pm

There's a wealth of data out there companies can use to better understand customers and identify emerging business opportunities and threats. But how to access and work with all that data? An emerging type of service called data as a service, or DaaS, promises to help.
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Sybase IQ 15.4 features 'Big Data' theme, support for Hadoop, MapReduce

Posted November 1, 2011 - 9:10 am

Sybase is hoping its IQ analytic database can make its mark in the burgeoning "Big Data" market with an array of new features, including native integration with the open-source MapReduce and Hadoop programming frameworks for large-scale data processing.
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HortonWorks hones a Hadoop distribution

Posted November 1, 2011 - 8:04 am

Yahoo spinoff company Hortonworks has released a preview edition of what will be a fully open source distribution of the Apache Hadoop data analysis platform, called the Hortonworks Data Platform, the company announced Tuesday.
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MarkLogic ties its database to Hadoop for 'Big Data' support

Posted November 1, 2011 - 6:04 am

You can add MarkLogic to the growing list of database vendors rushing to embrace the open-source Hadoop programming framework for large-scale data processing.
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Facebook-led foundation pushes for open data center tech

Posted October 27, 2011 - 2:44 pm

Facebook and several of its high-tech partners are rethinking how companies can handle big data with low-cost computing centers.
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'Big data' prep: 5 things IT should do now

Posted October 25, 2011 - 10:55 am

Got your "big data" plan in place? If not, you may want to start thinking about implementing one.
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Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

Posted October 18, 2011 - 1:41 pm

The technology that makes up many of the systems in the IT world today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.
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Microsoft climbs onto Hadoop bandwagon

Posted October 12, 2011 - 3:56 pm

Microsoft Wednesday announced it will collaborate with Yahoo spin-off Hortonworks to develop a Apache Hadoop implementation for its Windows Server and Windows Azure platforms.
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Don't get carried away by Hadoop's 'gee whiz' factor

Posted October 11, 2011 - 6:36 pm

Companies should take a pragmatic approach to implementing Hadoop for their "big data" requirements, a new report released Tuesday by analyst firm Forrester Research urges.
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