The Big Deal About Big Data

A fresh perspective on big data, analytics and BI from the CTO of Sybase

Irfan Khan is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Sybase, an SAP Company. Together with the architects residing within the technology offices, he is chartered with ensuring the voice of Sybase's customers and the need of the market are reflected within the company's innovation and product development. In addition to his CTO responsibilities, Khan oversees the evangelism efforts for Sybase. His evangelism group is responsible for seeding new products and driving new technologies within Sybase's most strategic accounts. Khan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science as well as a Master of Science degree in advanced computing from Kings College, University of London in the United Kingdom. In 2010, Khan received the InfoWorld CTO 25 Award and was named to the International Advisory Board of Cloud Expo.

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Gartner dead wrong about big data hype cycle

Posted Sep 06, 2012 - 01:00 am

Big data is just about to hit its "peak of inflated expectations", according to Gartner's 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Me? Expectations aren't inflated enough.
Machine-to-machine communications will generate really big data

Posted Oct 18, 2012 - 08:00 am

Wireless communications carriers may soon be faced with an unprecedented dilemma: Will they give preference on their networks to people chatting and texting on their mobile devices or to things jabbering with each other?
Charting data quality

Posted Mar 20, 2012 - 08:00 am

The tragic shipwreck of the Costa Concordia bewilders many observers. Like most modern vessels, the cruise ship was outfitted with an electronic chart display information system (ECDIS), which is mandatory equipment on ships today.
Data analytics can help feed planet

Posted Jul 26, 2012 - 08:00 am

Millions of people living today in the Horn of East Africa are currently at risk from a devastating drought. Tens of thousands of refugees have already migrated to other parts of the region.
Big data and big Google

Posted Mar 20, 2012 - 08:00 am

Look no further than Google to see how Big Data can change a company. With all of its affiliated sites, such as Gmail, YouTube, and Blogger, the search giant is the undisputed kingpin of Big Data on the Internet. If any organization can handle our contemporary data deluge, Google can.
Customer service: Get big data on the call

Posted Oct 16, 2012 - 08:00 am

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Election 2012: Voters turned off by political promotions tailored to them

Posted Oct 09, 2012 - 08:00 am

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Faster, higher, stronger: Big data will get Olympic workout

Posted May 29, 2012 - 08:00 am

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In-database analytics: The key to big data performance

Posted May 10, 2012 - 12:00 am

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Is your IT Team ready for operational business intelligence?

Posted Apr 03, 2012 - 08:00 am

Imagine you're the CIO chairing a meeting about how to get the best out of your IT infrastructure. One of your smart staffers suggests integrating advanced, automated monitoring and management software that can instantly react to changing conditions in network capacity, server activity, storage availability, and more.

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