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What Really Is Big Data? And Why It Will Change the World 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
This article, the first in the 'Big Data Guru Column' outlines in simple terms what Big Data really is. It discusses the three pillars of the big data phenomenon: the increasing datafication of our wo...
Can We Really Trust Big Data? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
So, are companies stuck between a rock and a hard place, or is there a way to trust big data? The real answer is yes, there is, but not all big data solutions are created the same. Hadoop has made hug...
Chatting with Your Computer: How the iPhone’s Siri Compares with IBM’S Watson 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Siri handles simpler language than Watson does: Users tailor requests for Siri knowing that they’re speaking to a computer, whereas Watson fields Jeopardy!’s clever, wordy, information-packed question...
Quick, Look Over There: DDoS Diversions Result in Millions Stolen from US Banks 26 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
The most recent hack on at least three major banks involved “low-powered” DDoS attacks targeting wire payment switch systems. A wire payment switch system manages and executes wire transfers at banks....
First Look: Datameer 26 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
Datameer was founded back in 2009 by Stefan Groschupf, who was one of the original contributors to Nutch, the open source project that spun off Hadoop. Datameer’s product is an analytic application – ...
How Fashion Retailer Nordstrom Drives Innovation With Big Data Experiments 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Nordstrom is investing heavily in big data. Their goal is to figure out what products to promote to which customers when and via what channel. Nordstrom wants to provide a customized personal experien...
First Look: SAP Predictive Analytics Update 25 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
SAP sees a wide range of personas involved in the lifecycle of a model – from business analysts to data scientists/data miners, application developers and IT. The tools are designed to support this wh...
How Big Data Can Improve the Practice of Law 24 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Big data can deliver new evidence in court. Several American examples indicate that big data collected and analysed from public data sets can be admitted as evidence. In addition, the legal industry h...
How Master Data Management Improves Your Understanding of the Customer 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
MDM initiatives are not trivial exercises. But once in place, enterprises can reap large rewards on a continual basis. Master data feeds into analytics and decision processes that translate informatio...
Big Data Sets You Can Use with R 23 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
The world may indeed be awash with data, however, it is not always easy to find a suitable data set when you need one. As the number of people becoming involved with R and data science increases so do...
