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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

It comprises the processes, tools and techniques of data analysis and management, including the collection, organization, and storage of data. Data analytics has become increasingly important in the enterprise as a means for analyzing and shaping business processes and improving decision-making and business results.

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Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case

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In the text below, I examine an on-premise Hadoop ecosystem as a general purpose Big Data solution in relation to alternative commercial purpose-built storage technologies (-e.g. Many organizations have purpose-built solutions for asking business intelligence questions, providing disaster recovery/backup, etc.,

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

NetApps has agreed to buy Instaclustr, a service provider supporting open-source database, pipeline, and workflow applications in the cloud. Nvidia buys block storage software developer Excelero. Infosys will fold oddity into Wongdoody, the US consumer insights agency it bought in 2018.