Big Data

A projected shortage of qualified data scientists could leave U.S. businesses unable to tap the value of big data. To help meet that demand, the University of California at Berkeley has developed a master's degree program to train new data scientists.

Big data is changing everything, often without our realizing it is happening. Case in point: football (and fantasy football in particular).

There's no question that data analytics are playing an increasingly important role for marketing departments, but many marketers aren't getting what they need from the CIO. If IT can't deliver, CIOs should expect CMOs to go around them.

With more data visualization tools readily available, more kinds of people – not just data scientists or trained data analysts – are able to create data visualizations. That opens up the potential for the creation of misleading data visualizations.

These three top-tier businesses are reaping huge rewards from data analytics. Here's what your company might be missing out on.

Business intelligence experts and IT executives share their tips on how BI software can improve your bottom line and make your organization more efficient.

Trees probably aren't the first thing you think of when someone mentions New York City, but the city has a lot of them. Pruning and maintaining them is a public safety issue, and determining how to prioritize that maintenance is no easy feat. With the help of a nonprofit organization called DataKind, the city's Parks department is leveraging big data analytics for the job.

How exactly do you make it to the data scientist big leagues? As it turns out, there is no one right path. Instead, it's largely a scramble out there on the big data field. Insider (registration required)

Nearly a decade after research firms predicted major cost savings and clinical benefits from the use of health-IT, adoption rates among U.S. medical providers remain sluggish, with the industry slow to embrace the big-data movement.

Businesses and government agencies are using data science crowdsourced sites, such as Kaggle, to solve real problems.

Complex requirements and relentless demands for capacity vex storage administrators. Here's how to handle the data deluge.