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5 reasons to move to big data (and 1 reason why it won't be easy)

Posted May 21, 2013 - 4:08 pm

Companies of all sizes are beginning to reap the benefits of data analytics technology. If you're not up to speed yet, here are five ways that big data can benefit your business--and one precaution that may well thwart your big data plans.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s birthday party hits a snag

Posted May 17, 2013 - 6:00 am

Facebook’s founder turned 29 on Tuesday and the party may still be going on
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To tap big data, federal IT must partner with tech industry

Posted May 16, 2013 - 2:26 pm

Experts within and outside government IT stress the role the private sector must play in helping cash-strapped federal agencies find order in their growing stockpiles of data.
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Content Analytics: Big Data Conquered, Customer Service Elevated

Posted May 16, 2013 - 1:15 pm

For organizations looking to start a content analytics program or improve their existing capabilities, Aberdeen Group and IBM will lay out several recommendations on how to become a best-in-class customer service organization.
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Which restaurants violate health codes and other insights from open data

Posted May 15, 2013 - 6:00 am

Open data initiatives are all the rage among governments around the world, meaning the answers to lots of interesting questions are at your fingertips
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Big data is a big but young market

Posted May 14, 2013 - 2:09 pm

A recent survey by Forrester found that 7% of IT executives and 9% of business leaders feel they have gained a true return on investment from big data. That means there's a lot more business can be doing to glean insights from the massive amount of data that's potentially available to them.
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6 Twitter statistics that you may not know

Posted May 14, 2013 - 6:00 am

Among the interesting Twitter tidbits: New York City users are the most retweeted.
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How big data can improve marketing and customer service

Posted May 13, 2013 - 1:08 pm

Big data is poised to help marketers reach and engage customers and prospects in ways that businesses are only now starting to understand. Enterprises that don't embrace analytics may soon see embattled customers voting with their wallets.
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What open source Hadoop coming to Windows means to IT

Posted May 13, 2013 - 12:17 pm

Hadoop is nearly synonymous with the analysis of big data. The Hortonworks Data Platform on Windows is significant as it means that companies lacking Linux expertise will finally be able to benefit from the big data analysis platform, which has been out of the reach of Windows shops.
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Donald Trump gets into the crowdfunding business

Posted May 10, 2013 - 6:00 am

The Donald wants FundAnything to be like Kickstarter, only gaudier
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Big data gold isn't always where you would expect it

Posted May 7, 2013 - 1:55 pm

Many companies are focusing their big data initiatives in areas like sales, marketing, customer service and R&D, but other functions like logistics or finance may offer even greater ROI.
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NetApp FAS6240 Clustered SAN Champion of Champions

Posted May 6, 2013 - 4:00 pm

Storage systems today must match agility with diversified I/O performance to satisfy an enterprise's changing needs.
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Thornton May: Stalking the elusive data scientist

Posted May 6, 2013 - 6:08 am

Since it is virtually impossible to find all needed analytical skills resident in the same human being, it might be wise to adopt an 'ensemble' approach to your organization's deficit in those skills. Insider (registration required)
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How to nab a data scientist job

Posted May 6, 2013 - 6:08 am

How exactly do you make it to the data scientist big leagues? As it turns out, there is no one right path. Instead, it's largely a scramble out there on the big data field. Insider (registration required)
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Government releases We the People API

Posted May 2, 2013 - 10:21 am

If you like access to government data, like petition signatures or broccoli crop yields, the White House has got you covered
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Hadoop gets more search with MapR, Cloudera releases

Posted May 1, 2013 - 4:44 pm

MapR uses the LucidWorks Search while Cloudera releases its SQL-compliant Impala.
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Robot brain can learn by scanning Internet images

Posted May 1, 2013 - 10:42 am

Imagine if a robot could learn the names of objects through Google Image-like searches. That's what these Japanese researchers are working on.
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Universities closing big data talent gap but need real data

Posted April 30, 2013 - 2:38 pm

Any discussion about the challenges of big data will eventually come to the talent gap--the demand for people with big data analytics skills is expected to dramatically outpace supply over the next several years.
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Crowdsourcing offers a new and wider path to innovation

Posted April 25, 2013 - 4:08 pm

GE, Allstate try crowdsourcing contests where external brainiacs compete to produce the best answers to big-data analytics questions.
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Pivotal puts PaaS in the spotlight

Posted April 25, 2013 - 12:25 pm

In launching Pivotal, the partnership of EMC, VMware and GE is attempting to refocus the conversation in the market about how a new generation of applications that use big data will be built.
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Big data beats mobile and cloud as expected growth driver

Posted April 24, 2013 - 2:30 pm

A new KPMG survey shows shifting priorities but also growing concern with long-term worries like security
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Business students to get HP-designed technical course for cloud, mobile, security issues

Posted April 23, 2013 - 9:19 pm

College business students need to gain a grasp of technical issues related to cloud computing, big data, security and other network issues they're likely to come across in their careers, so HP is now offering its first technical associate certification for them to cover these topics while in college.
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EMC tackles big data, cloud skills gap among IT business leaders

Posted April 23, 2013 - 11:36 am

There's a shortage of executives and business leaders with the skills to manage big data and cloud teams. EMC is seeking to change that with a new series of courses.
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6 big data analytics use cases for healthcare IT

Posted April 23, 2013 - 11:32 am

Making use of the petabytes of patient data that healthcare organizations possess requires extracting it from legacy systems, normalizing it and then building applications that can make sense of it. That's a tall order, but the facilities that pull it off can learn a lot.
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Splice data scientist DNA into your existing team

Posted April 18, 2013 - 7:52 pm

Rather than trying to bring technologists up to speed on the business aspects that they may have little interest in, it might make more sense to train those who have business acumen or analytical abilities on tools that will enable them to gain greater insight into your data.
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