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Big data vs the right data: Becoming more productive in the cloud

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Molly Sandbo, director of product marketing at Matillion, busts a common myth on the value of data and discusses how businesses can adapt their analytics program as data grows. The post Big data vs the right data: Becoming more productive in the cloud appeared first on TechRepublic.

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The top 15 big data and data analytics certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder — a challenge reflected in the rising demand for big data and analytics skills and certifications.

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IBM to Acquire Cloudant: Open, Cloud Database Service Helps Organizations Simplify Mobile, Web App and Big Data Development

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By Bob Gourley Note: we have been tracking Cloudant in our special reporting on Analytical Tools , Big Data Capabilities , and Cloud Computing. Cloudant will extend IBM’s Big Data and Analytics , Cloud Computing and Mobile offerings by further helping clients take advantage of these key growth initiatives.

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How Big Data is Helping Improve Security

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The answer to all these ongoing security problems may be found in big data analytics. Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that big data can be used to improve a company’s security measures. Big data is used for practically everything, and its role is only expected to grow over the coming years.

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Big Data Project Management: What’s In & What’s Out?

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Here’s something to think about when you're planning a big data project: are you planning a project or a program ? A program is something ongoing and relatively permanent. Relatively self-contained big data projects may be tied to an ongoing process or program that is already developing or delivering a product or service.

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Big Data Project Management: Data Must Flow!

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I'm currently researching big data project management in order to better understand what makes big data projects different from other tech related projects. So far I've interviewed more than a dozen government, private sector, and academic professionals, all of them experienced in managing data intensive projects.

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Thinking About “Data Program Governance”

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One phrase in regular rotation in my elevator pitch is “data program governance." The individual words are straightforward: Data includes any kind of data such as numeric, financial, textual, image, or meta. Program means an organized set of activities designed to accomplish a defined set of objectives.