Where are companies making progress in their big data and analytics work? Big data maturity involves managing and leveraging relevant data and tools as pieces of an ecosystem that includes people, processes, […]
Q&A: 9 Leading Brands Forecast Analytics Trends
Data Driven Business recently interviewed 9 corporate analytics experts from companies like Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal Paris, MasterCard, Google, and Toyota about current trends in analytics and what companies should focus on […]
Oracle Overtakes IBM As Second-largest Software Vendor, Gartner Says
Oracle has overtaken rival IBM as the world’s second-largest software vendor by pulling in US$29.6 billion in software revenue during 2013, according to analyst firm Gartner. “Global trends around big data and […]
Cloudera, Intel Commit to Accelerate and Transform How Enterprises Use Big Data
Intel Makes Significant Equity Investment in Cloudera. Intel Corporation and Cloudera announced a broad strategic technology and business collaboration, as well as a significant equity investment from Intel making it Cloudera’s largest […]
Selecting the right SQL-on-Hadoop engine to access big data
In the world of Hadoop and NoSQL, the spotlight is now on SQL-on-Hadoop engines. Today, many different engines are available, making it hard for organizations to choose. This article presents some important […]
BI and analytics tools top list of planned 2014 software initiatives
TechTarget’s annual IT Priorities Survey, conducted in late 2013, found that BI, analytics and data warehousing projects topped the list of planned software initiatives in organizations for 2014. Nearly 41% of 3,088 […]
Microsoft Reveals Big Data Strategy
Microsoft’s new tools aim to serve all users — not just data scientists — extracting insight from big data sets and the Internet of Things. Microsoft on Tuesday announced a trio of […]
Q&A: New Tools Mean Big Data Dives Can Yield Fast Results
Users can explore and analyze even massive data sets quickly with new tools and platforms now available. Analytic tools that can tap into raw, unstructured machine data are becoming increasingly important and […]
Data Scientists Want Respect & Results
Analytics managers from Macy’s, Ford, and Google offer tips on how to integrate and inspire data scientists. A technical background is essential, but understanding business needs trumps technical acumen alone, according to […]
3 Trends Driving Big Data Breakthroughs: A CIO’s View
GE Water & Power CIO says data blending, scalable storage and processing, and a maturing Internet of things are shaping big data progress. GE Water & Power has been monitoring its industrial […]
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