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Are You Ready For Big Data?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to understand what they are going to do with big data Image Credit: Merrill College of Journalism Press Releases. As a CIO, when we think about big data we are faced with a number of questions having to do with the importance of information technology that we have not had to deal with in the past.

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Why Big Data Project Management Can Be So Difficult

CTOvision

Big data is extremely beneficial to businesses, and gathering it is now easier than ever with today's technology. When it comes to the management of big data, therein lies the challenge. The project management software available today is superior to anything used in the past when it comes to amassing and analyzing data.

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A Timeline of Big Data Analytics

CTOvision

The world seems to run on big data nowadays. In fact, it’s sometimes difficult to remember a time when businesses weren’t intensely focused on big data analytics. It’s equally difficult to forget that big data is still relatively new to the mainstream. Rick Delgado.

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Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case

CTOvision

The term “Big Data” has become synonymous with this evolution. But still, many of our customers continue to ask, “What is Big Data?”, “What are its use cases?”, The Internet is overloaded with definitions, characteristics, and benefits; however, few discussions synthesize all three of these topics in one place.

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How to Turn Big Data Into a Competitive Advantage

CTOvision

Big data, no doubt, is big right now. When it blasted on the scene, businesses jumped at the chance to use a massive amount of data to gauge what their customers wanted and needed, tailoring their services to offer the perfect experience. How can you turn big data into a competitive advantage? Rick Delgado.

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The Data Storage Explosion

Cloud Musings

Cloud growth is also driving a rapid rise in the storage market, exacerbating the enterprise challenge around storage cost and complexity. The business reason behind this marketplace reality is the proliferation of real-time data from the web, mobile devices, social media, sensors, log files, and transactional applications.

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Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand.

Data Center Knowledge

Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. Data is permeating everything we do. Modular Data Centers.