Big data has been used to tackle a wide variety of problems. Most of those problems usually fall within the realm of the business world, but data science has steadily expanded to include even more use cases in various fields. One issue that has been talked about in recent years is the use of big data analytics in fighting crime. Law enforcement fully intends to use big data for that purpose, but the tactic does raise some serious questions. Big Data CTO News MORE

Big data has almost always been primarily used to target clients using tailored products, targeted advertising. This has skewed the use of big data that often everyone simply assumes big data is for targeting the customer base. However, there are many other uses for big data in a firm that may or may not be directly related to customer welfare or marketing purposes. Big data can help you to gauge the performance of various units and departments within your firm. MORE

It it he analyzes the Top 30 LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science. We update our analysis of Top 30 LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science (Dec 2013) and find several interesting trends. MORE

In Understanding data ownership in the data lake Elizabeth Koumpan, Executive Architect at IBM, writes: Depending on the organizational point of view, different ownership rules may apply in different situations to data. It is a tricky part when we deal with Data ownership while using external sources, especially if we use social data which is an essential element, as we build our cases for front office digitization, customer sensitive analysis and so on. MORE

Attunity is a leading provider of big data management software solutions that enable access, management, sharing and distribution of data, including Big Data, across heterogeneous enterprise platforms, organizations, and the cloud. They are all about moving and preparing data. MORE

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. This data can help businesses design advertising campaigns, promote products to specific customers, discern personal habits and the best times to offer deals, and much more. There are several reasons that managing big data remains a challenge. How to Manage the Big Data. MORE

As the benefits of big data become more pronounced, this technology is finding a place in an increasing number of industries, not the least of which is the healthcare sector. In fact, some researchers anticipate that big data could become a staple in the way healthcare is administered by as soon as 2121. Big Data Health IT healthcare MORE

At Hadoop Summit in San Jose on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, Hortonworks announced a new release of its Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) Hadoop distribution, version 2.5, Processing streaming data in real time with Apache Storm. Charles Hall. MORE

Big Data is a growing trend, making it possible for businesses of every kind to gather, store, and use the unlimited personal and private data found on the internet. Here are three of the main concerns about Big Data’s ethics , and ways to combat the issues. Big brother is watching,” in the modern age is quickly becoming “Big Data is watching.” Quite possibly the greatest danger of Big Data is who has access to it. Big Data Data management MORE

As cloud computing becomes the information technology mainstream, data center technology is accelerating at a breakneck speed. SNAP is a powerful open data center telemetry framework. It can be used to easily collect, process, and publish telemetry data at scale. MORE

Your data is being tracked. The advent of "Big Data" has resulted in an internet landscape where every major company tracks their users' information. When a website warns you that it wants to use cookies to track your information, that's a clear sign of big data at work. We often hear about the sharing economy, big data, and other technical terms that seem a bit mysterious. This article will use non-technical language to explain how big data drives the sharing economy. MORE

The video at this link and embedded below starts with a great question: What is the difference between data governance and big data governance? In this video, Stefan Groschupf, CEO of Datameer, talks about the difference between data governance and big data governance. MORE

Editor''s note: We have tracked Pentaho for years and have observed first hand the power of their open approaches to an end to end framework for helping organizations make the most of their data holdings. Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. MORE

Over the past few years, there has been an explosion in the volume of data. To tackle this big data explosion, there has been a rise in the number of successful Hadoop projects in enterprises. Due to the large volumes of data, the emergence of Hadoop technology, and the need to store all soloed data in one place, has prompted a phenomenon among enterprises called: Data Lake. Is the Data Lake an effective catchment for all of the enterprise data? MORE

Often times, the journey to data driven business transformation can not only be challenging, but also confusing. The first step towards overcoming this challenge is mapping out the journey to fully utilize the value of your company's Big Data. Mapping Big Data (oreilly.com). MORE

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. The amount of data being generated in the world today is immense, and it’s only getting bigger. Some experts predict that by the year 2020, that volume of digital data will reach as high as 40 trillion gigabytes. MORE

In E-Commerce, Small Data = Big Data and Vice Versa. Big Data, small data and everyday data: Is there a meaningful difference between these three information carriers nowadays? Understanding Big Data. Big Data, Small Data and E-Commerce. MORE

Paxata developed the first Adaptive Data Preparation™ platform built for the business analyst. With seamless connections to BI tools like Tableau, QlikView, and Excel, users can combine data on their own or work with peers in a shared, transparent environment as they shape data for analytics. MORE

If data analysis is Big Data’s "tip of the spear" when it comes to delivering data-dependent value to customers or clients, we also must address how that spear is shaped, sharpened, aimed, and thrown – and, of course, whether or not it hits its intended target.”. Data sharing. MORE

The Data Center Podcast featuring Florian Liebert, co-founder and CEO of Mesosphere Read More. Design Edge Computing Featured Internet of Things The Data Center Podcast MORE

Tamr enables enterprises to make use of 100% of available data by unifying and enriching data holdings. They’ve invested heavily in big data analytics — $44 billion in 2014 alone, according to Gartner. Analytical Tool Companies Big Data Big Data Companies Data Science MORE

Interest is Increasing I'm working with colleagues to improve how data resources are managed. Our main focus is improving what is commonly referred to as "data governance." Interest in data governance has been increasing as suggested by this three year plot of Google searches (Plotted using GOOGLE TRENDS to search for "Data Governance" on June […]. Big Data CTO News MORE

One of the perennial problems of data centers is monitoring server utilization to ensure right-sizing of resources. There is even a tool to help you understand where to place new hardware in the data center based on available space, power, and cooling, to help avoid hot spots and power issues. MORE

Back in 2014 I published a guest post on the Open Data Institute's web site titled How important is the quality of open data? database managers have always had to concern themselves with standards, data cleaning, corrections, and manual versus automated approaches to data quality control. Unfortunately, there's no simple answer to the question, "How clean does our data have to be to make use of it?" Know what data you have, who owns it, and who controls it. MORE

Those familiar with the Apache Hadoop ecosystem are no doubt aware of Apache Spark and the potential it holds to transform data intensive analytics. Apache Spark on Hortonworks Data Platform Announced. The post Hortonworks adds Spark to its Data Platform appeared first on CTOvision.com. MORE

But in order to get a full view of customer behavior, sentiment, emotion, and intentions, Information Management professionals must help enterprises leverage all the data at their disposal, not just structured, but also unstructured. Alas, that's still an elusive goal, as most enterprises leverage only 40% of structured data and 31% of unstructured data for business and customer insights and decision-making. Unstructured data. big data. MORE

We previously wrote about the Pentaho Big Data Blueprints series, which include design packages of use to enterprise architects and other technologists seeking operational concepts and repeatable designs. Save data costs and boost analytics performance. 15x data cost improvement. MORE

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You can remember them all with the helpful mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands for C loud Computing, A rtificial Intelligence, M obility, B ig Data, R obotics, I nternet of Things, C yberSecurity. In this post we dive deeper into the trend of Big Data. Big Data CTO News MORE

Data is the perimeter, defend it that way. Read more Categories: #big data. big data Cyber Attacks Security and Risk cyber security encryption malware threat and vulnerability managementUnless you have been living under a rock or possibly hiding in the mountains of Montana with a giant beard and eating way too many government issued MRE's you probably heard about the nuclear bomb of a ransomware attack that kicked off last week. Welcome to the post apocalypse folks. MORE

In the world of data somethings are totally consistent and some are incredibly dynamic. One timeless consistency is that organizations have always sought to optimize the use of data for their mission. Lessons learned and new approaches to managing data are important to track. MORE

The trend towards eliminating data stovepipes to allow analysts to work over all relevant security data is also a very positive movement. It includes a well developed data model for all relevant threat, technology and incident data. Bob Gourley. MORE

I'm currently researching big data project management in order to better understand what makes big data projects different from other tech related projects. Many if not most organizations still have a lot to learn when it comes to making use of emerging big data analysis techniques. MORE

While not as life-and-death as the above questions, data preparation is just as important to proper data analytics as learning the basics of driving before getting behind a wheel. Data preparation is important. The Importance of Data Preparation. MORE

Data breaches are happening with alarming regularity as organizations of all types struggle to manage the ever evolving threats that are out there. According to the 2015 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 85 percent of data breaches go undetected. 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 News MORE

Italian architects' idea looks like a data center skyscraper from the future Tolkien would have come up with had he been asked to design a server farm Read More. Data Center Design Europe Featured Iceland MORE