Move over data mining. Big data has emerged as the next big thing in data analysis and management. Pundits hold this thing in such high regard that organizations adopting it for the very first time come in with extremely high expectations – often too high. While there is plenty to gain, nothing is guaranteed. In → Read More

Things are moving ultra fast in big data. Blink your eyes, and you just might miss something. The company that existed one day could become the asset of another the next. Acquisitions are starting to become common as tech powerhouses swoop in and claim what they hope are precious commodities. Within the last two years → Read More

By now, most of us know that giants of Big Data. You’ve got Amazon, IBM, Oracle, Google, and SAP to name a few. Those guys are still doing their thing, but there are some smaller guys who look poised for greatness. Without further ado, let us introduce you to a few little known big data → Read More

Image Source: www.flazingo.com What’s the best way to measure the impact big data has on the economy? By sizing up its influence on the job market, of course. Gartner estimates that big data will create 4.4 million jobs worldwide and 1.9 million jobs in the United States by 2015. The firm believes the U.S. number → Read More

Familiar with SaaS? If not, let us give you a brief introduction. The easier spoken breakdown of Software-as-a-Service, SaaS is a distribution model that delivers applications on-demand, based on your needs. Since the apps are hosted in the cloud, you access them from a web-based interface opposed to a directory on your desktop or server. → Read More

If there is one area that fits perfectly with what big data is all about, it has to be the retail industry. Whether it’s a mega corporation like Walmart or a lone mom-and-pop shop on the corner, the same data stores have been collecting for ages can be used to open doors that weren’t so → Read More

The volume, complexity, and velocity of information has created immense data management challenges from the retail sector to the banking industry. While many organizations are still challenged, the kings of technology claim to have come up with a viable solution to their problems in a concept called “big data”. Leveraging robust data management platforms such → Read More

While there is untapped potential in structured and unstructured silos alike, taking full advantage of big data is no stroll in the park. From physical storage to the sheer volume, managing large sets of potentially valuable data can be challenging for businesses of any size. The challenges are so great, that they have created lucrative → Read More

For years, relational database management systems (RDBMS) like MySQL have been the standard for administrators, developers, and other IT professionals that specialize in database management. Nowadays, organizations are collecting information at such a volume, variance and velocity that these systems just are not equipped too handle it. The data is so large, and coming in → Read More

Referred to as data mining in a past life, big data has all of a sudden become its own thing, backed by its own hype and lasting buzz. It has picked up tremendous steam as more organizations collect and analyze swarms of data in attempt to leverage insights that enable them to make decisions based → Read More