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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You can write, but you can’t hide. Big data knows your writing quirks

Posted Aug 28, 2012 - 08:00 am

As I wrote recently, data scientists have been able to decode unstructured data to accurately predict where violence will occur in Afghanistan.
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.
SAP's HANA database strategy stands tall

Posted Apr 12, 2012 - 04:14 pm

Admittedly, I'm a technology-focused person, which is why in my initial post about SAP's news this week about its in-memory database, HANA, I dwelled on its superior performance.
Political gamesmanship: Massachusetts aims to be first in big data

Posted Jul 17, 2012 - 08:00 am
NFL big data blitz: Don't punt; go for it!

Posted Sep 04, 2012 - 08:00 am

American football can be perplexing to the uninitiated because of its complexity compared to the rest of the world's true football. However, that complexity does have an upside. It creates plenty of opportunities to generate statistics with which to evaluate the game.
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An unpublished study commissioned by SAP and completed in July by IDG found discontent with data management systems brewing among IT executives.
BI careers stuck in doldrums; business ties, big data could put wind in sails

Posted May 22, 2012 - 08:00 am

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The big deal about healthcare IT

Posted Nov 13, 2012 - 09:00 am

Among all industries, healthcare stands to benefit the most from better use of IT. For one thing, I'm aware of no other market in the world plagued with such staggering amounts of wasteful spending.
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.
How to derive value from data: First, know what will make your business great

Posted Oct 02, 2012 - 08:00 am

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