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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Data centers are up to big data's power challenge

Posted Aug 14, 2012 - 08:00 am

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Data management discontent: Time for change

Posted Sep 25, 2012 - 08:00 am

An unpublished study commissioned by SAP and completed in July by IDG found discontent with data management systems brewing among IT executives.
Global net capacity passes tablet test

Posted Apr 17, 2012 - 08:00 am

Experienced mobile network architects at communications service providers must feel overworked. But they certainly should not go underappreciated. These brilliant engineers have met one challenge after another while keeping us all connected.
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How data analytics can make hiking easier and biking greener

Posted Jun 05, 2012 - 08:00 am

In its now famous report, Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at numerous business sectors to determine their big data environments and potential.
Humans like seeing data arranged chronologically, and always have

Posted Jun 12, 2012 - 08:00 am

Anyone in business today is familiar with seeing timelines to help visualize data. Sales figures are plotted over time to show rates of growth or signs of trouble. Wall Street practically lives for comparing a company's results on timelines with its emphasis on comparing numbers quarter-to-quarter and year-over-year.
In praise of the CDO

Posted Apr 05, 2012 - 08:00 am

I'd like to reiterate my encouragement to large organizations everywhere to invest in a CDO. No, not a collateralized debt obligation -- a chief data officer.
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Latency, the silent killer of competitiveness

Posted Aug 07, 2012 - 08:00 am

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Location, location, location: A big data opportunity for retailers

Posted Nov 29, 2012 - 09:00 am

Retailers have always known the value of where. After all, the first question any retailer must answer correctly is where to open a storefront. Get it right and customers stroll in and spend money; get it wrong and they pass on by.
Looming disaster: Ignore business continuity at your peril

Posted Jul 03, 2012 - 12:14 pm

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A helicopter drops fire retardant onto the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colorado Image credit: Reuters
Making history: Big data will change the IT org chart

Posted May 24, 2012 - 12:00 am

Taking the helm on a big data project could help make the case that a CIO should report to the CEO, not CFO.

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