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Why Data Integration continues to be Strategic to Cloud Computing 23 Aug 2013 | 02:01 am
Those who build cloud-based systems, such as myself, understand the strategy needed for data integration. However, many who work to bring cloud computing to their enterprise don’t put the same value ...
Data Science and the Art of Data Visualization 22 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
In a previous post, I explored the role of the data storyteller in big data analytics, cautioning that a good editor is needed, and noting that a good data scientist edits with experiments. Vincent Gr...
Getting Ahead in the ‘Age of Data’ Arms Race 19 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Given the growth of massive datasets being produced over the past few years, I tend to believe our CTO, Mike Hoskins, when he says that the world is transitioning into what he terms the ‘Age of Data.’...
Big Data: Exploit Your Competitors’ Laziness 12 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
“Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it.” –Dan Ariely And that, in a n...
Connect, analyze and act, but take time to stand and stare, too 9 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
As things happen more quickly in today’s superfast and highly connected world, so it follows that we have all become accustomed to doing things much more quickly than ever before. And it seems the fa...
Maintaining Standard Orbit Around Hadoop. Scanning for Life Signs. 8 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
I was a fly on the wall for an interesting conversation on Twitter between two UK centered BI / Analytics and Data Warehouse consultants, FlyingBinary’s Jacqui Taylor (An Actian Partner), and Joe Harr...
The Data-Smart City 5 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
A growing number of cities around the world are pursuing “Smart City” initiatives to better connect the physical and the digital worlds in ways that will benefit citizens, the administration of the ci...
The Data Flow Two-Step: Constructing an Architecture Built for Today’s Big Data 30 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
What is an Analytical Architecture? We organize software within networks of computers to run applications (i.e., provide capability) for the benefit of users and the organization as a whole. Exactly h...
Elementary, my dear Data Product 29 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
In her recent blog post Sherlock Holmes, Sexy Data Scientist, Paige Roberts explained that “data scientists are, in many ways, the modern Sherlocks, but the trouble with Sherlock Holmes is that he is ...
Defining and Managing High Performance Data Integration Approaches in Support of Big Data Analytics 25 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm
A report published by market research company, IDC, estimated that the total count of data created or replicated worldwide in 2012 would add up to 2.8 zettabytes (ZB). That’s 1,000 exabytes, 1 millio...
