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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Customer service: Get big data on the call

Posted Oct 16, 2012 - 08:00 am

Data-driven customer service technology must be deeply context-sensitive to be effective
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Falling RAM prices drive in-memory database surge

Posted Oct 11, 2012 - 08:00 am

With memory prices dropping relentlessly and server RAM capacity expanding steadily, performance is no longer a major hurdle for enterprises seeking insight from massive data stores.
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Election 2012: Voters turned off by political promotions tailored to them

Posted Oct 09, 2012 - 08:00 am

Campaigns awash in big data beware: 64% of potential voters say individualized political ads will decrease their chances of voting for the candidate who targets them.
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Why doctors should crowdsource your medical diagnosis

Posted Oct 04, 2012 - 08:00 am

Crowdsourcing with big data could potentially be the best medical breakthrough of the 21st century
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How to derive value from data: First, know what will make your business great

Posted Oct 02, 2012 - 08:00 am

Most great data will already exist in a business. It just has to be found. But every now and then it must be made from scratch.
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Big bucks for big data

Posted Sep 27, 2012 - 08:00 am

25% of respondents to a Gartner survey have invested in big data projects. Another 31% plan to do so in the next 2 years.
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Data management discontent: Time for change

Posted Sep 25, 2012 - 08:00 am

Vendors beware! 49% of those surveyed report plans to evaluate new data management solutions within the next 2 years because of shortcomings with current systems.
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Protect yourself when working with big data startups

Posted Sep 20, 2012 - 08:00 am

Investment group, Data Collective, announced it was launching a new fund targeting big data start-ups in August, and its equity partners are data scientists. This is a compelling reason to be attracted to a new company, but you can be sure some of these business will fail.
IT Management
Big data may ensure sustainable sushi

Posted Sep 18, 2012 - 08:00 am

The bluefin tuna is not on the U.S.'s endangered species list, but it is widely thought to be massively overfished. Big data is coming to the rescue.
IT Management
Northern lights: Arctic fiber nets open new bandwidth horizon

Posted Sep 12, 2012 - 07:11 pm

What would you pay to save 20 milliseconds? Two trans-oceanic projects are betting you'll pay enough to cover the cost of sinking new fiber optic cable, estimated to be between $600 million and $1.5 billion apiece.
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