Who is the nation’s largest property owner? According to the latest data from the Federal Real Property Council, it’s Uncle Sam. Here are three staggering numbers relating to the federal government’s real […]
Big Data: Facts and Myths
In this special guest feature, Al Nugent, co-author of the guide “Big Data for Dummies,” looks back at some of the definitions and predictions from the book and see if they still […]
Why Small Businesses Actually Have the Big-Data Advantage
Big data, with its Orwellian overtones, gets a bad rap. And there are good reasons why. Online ads generated by web surfing create the same consumer ire once reserved for spam email: […]
Julia King: We’re all data scientists now
It’s up to each one of us to figure out what in the daily surge of data is useful, what’s crap and what’s truly valuable If you’re like me and broke into […]
Five Things to Know About Agile Development
Agile development has emerged at the center of a faster and more responsive approach to IT, but it presents some unique challenges. The rapidly accelerating pace of technology change and a desire […]
Big Data Audio Streaming: How Spotify And Pandora Use Data To Better Serve Customers
Big Data Audio Streaming: How Spotify And Pandora Use Data To Better Serve Customers Companies such as Pandora and Spotify are examples of audio streaming services that employ Big Data extensively. It’s […]
How Self-Service BI Can Make You a Data Analyst
Until recently, many organizations have been unable to harness the power of big data and analytics due to a number of technical obstacles. Many companies still don’t have anyone with the skill […]
