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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: the most precious commodity

Posted Jul 19, 2012 - 08:00 am

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Making history: Big data will change the IT org chart

Posted May 24, 2012 - 12:00 am

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Analytics: A much-needed security watchdog

Posted Jul 10, 2012 - 10:36 pm

To expect data security to be perfect is not realistic. Inevitably, mistakes will happen and data will be lost. But such a realistic view does not mean glossing over those mistakes. If anything, realism compels us to take ever more vigilant measures to assure our customer, operational, and intellectual property data is safe.
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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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.
Seeing is more than believing, it's knowing

Posted Jun 21, 2012 - 12:00 am

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Looming disaster: Ignore business continuity at your peril

Posted Jul 03, 2012 - 12:14 pm

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Bettor analytics; Better democracy

Posted Mar 29, 2012 - 08:00 am

It's an election year in the United States. It's also time for the nation's annual college basketball "March Madness" event.
Analytics in our iPad era

Posted May 01, 2012 - 08:00 am

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