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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Strategic weapon: Unstructured data delivers battlefield edge

Posted Aug 09, 2012 - 12:06 pm

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[/chunklet] Predictive analytics has moved into dangerous terrain. It’s now able to forecast battles in a war zone.
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.
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.
As time goes by: Analytics for the long haul

Posted May 16, 2012 - 01:17 pm

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The odds favor a career in analytics

Posted Aug 23, 2012 - 08:00 am

Luckily, in the U.S., at least, advanced study in analytics is possible at many schools.
A brush with genius: analytics help detect art fraud

Posted Jul 31, 2012 - 08:00 am

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Latency, the silent killer of competitiveness

Posted Aug 07, 2012 - 08:00 am

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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.
Analytics in our iPad era

Posted May 01, 2012 - 08:00 am

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SMBs: Seeding growth with analytics

Posted Jul 24, 2012 - 08:00 am

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