Double-down on your Big Data resources
If you think Big Data is costly now—wait until you hear this one. In some cases, I suggest you double your investment in big data resources, especially when it comes …
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How to overcome Big Data’s main stumbling block
With all the talk about rapid deployment and breakneck business change, there can be a tendency to assume that businesses are up and running with new technologies as soon as …
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Preparing today for the Big Data challenges of tomorrow
Recently, I had a chance to speak with the leaders of some companies focused on the business and technology sides of Big Data and predictive analytics. We spoke about what …
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Has the CIO lost Big Data?
An interesting phenomenon has been occurring in corporate IT. In an area where CIOs once ruled the roost for anything and everything regarding technology, and large, monolithic IT organizations were …
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Big Data analytics requires breakdown of operational silos
As IT infrastructure architects furrow their brows over how to integrate big data into the enterprise and as DBAs do the same-it’s easy to lose track of the real driver …
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Getting on top of the Big Data life cycle
Big data, like other kinds of data, has a life cycle-but how many organizations think about big data in this way? At this moment in time, probably not many. To …
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Use Big Data for marketing accountability
According to the Association of National Advertisers, accountability is the most important issue facing marketing executives this year, and it has been a recurring, top concern for the last six …
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Consider how to acculturate analytics workers to retain them
Acculturating analytics workers can be a formidable task. Acculturation in this context means combining different work areas or cultural enclaves within IT so they learn to collaborate with each other …
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Demand for Big Data pros on the rise
When Gartner reported that 42 percent of IT leaders have invested in big data technology or plan to within a year, most people thought that it would be happening in …
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The Big Data magic act
Good magicians learn amazing illusions to entertain their audiences—great magicians invent them. Houdini, one of Americas most celebrated escape artists, started his career by freeing himself from handcuffs, ropes, chains …
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