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The Insatiable Demand for Data Scientists

by Angela Guess Tony Baer recently wrote an article for ZDnet regarding the current...

Big Data at Equifax: A Lot More than Credit...

by Angela Guess Kim Nash of Network World recently discussed the Big Data held...

Ignoring Test Data Governance

by Angela Guess Ray Scott of Computerworld UK writes that companies are overlooking the...

Big Data Job of the Day: Marketing Lead, Predictive...

by Angela Guess Macy’s is looking for a Marketing Lead of Predictive Analytics in...

May 24 Webinar: Big Challenges in Data Modeling with Graeme Simsion

Date: May 24, 2012 Time: 4 PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific NOTE! This is a different time than most other DATAVERSITY webinars Price: Free to all attendees About the Presentation We invite you to join us in this monthly DATAVERSITY webinar series, “Big Challenges with Data Modeling” hosted by Graeme Simsion. Join Graeme and two or more expert panelists each month to discuss their experiences in breaking through these specific data modeling challenges. Hear from experts in the field on how and...
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May 30 Couchbase Webinar: Deploying Mobile Applications that Sync with the Datacenter/Cloud

This presentation is produced by: Date: May 30, 2012 Time: 1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific Price: Free to all attendees About the Presentation We are in the post-PC era – more mobile computing devices (smartphones, tablets) ship per quarter than PC’s, and have since the fourth quarter of 2010*. Mobile devices are where we gather and consume information with increasing frequency, but the cloud is where that information will be aggregated, analyzed and enriched. NoSQL databases are ideal for the...
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Jun 7 Webinar: Data Governance in a Federated Organization – A Case Study of World Vision International

This webinar is sponsored by: Date: June 7, 2012 Time: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific Price: Free to all attendees. About the Presentation World Vision is a Christian relief, development, and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision recently built a global program management information system and created a data governance function to support managing competing requirements across an organization with a highly federated authority structure. Its original vision for data...
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My NoSQL/Big Data Epiphany

May 17, 2012

by John Biderman Let’s face it: the whole NoSQL/Big Data thing has traditional data management professionals (in whose ranks I count myself) at best concerned, at worst terrified. Several of our most closely held shibboleths are being sundered. Where’s the data model? Where are...
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Size Doesn’t Matter. Or Does It? A Rant on Big Data Terms

May 16, 2012

By Karen Lopez @datachick Last week at Enterprise Data World, I gave a lightning talk (a strictly-enforced time-limited five minute presentation). Since I can barely manage to fit meaningful presentations in one hour given how much I talk, I decided to go for a...
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Confusing Models with Reality

May 14, 2012

by David Loshin Knowledge Integrity president David Loshin discusses the problem of mistaking analytical inferences for truth, and misconceptions about abstractions and the models they represent. Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Subscribe Print Bookmark Email
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Why Data Governance Should Include Security Posters in the Hall

May 9, 2012

by David Schlesinger CISSP At first glance it may not seem apparent that data governance has much to do with security posters in the halls of your enterprise. At second glance it also is not apparent; which is why I am writing this piece. ...
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Revolutionizing The Information Supply Chain – A Real Life Example (Part Three)

May 4, 2012

by Jay Zaidi Six recommendations that will enable firms to build an efficient Information Supply Chain (ISC) with robust data controls This is the third in a series of posts about the ISC. In the previous two posts (see “Further Reading” at the end...
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Articles

Enterprise Data World 2012 Conference Overview

by Paul Williams As the Georgia spring turned from April into May, over 600 data professionals converged on Atlanta for the 2012 edition of Enterprise Data World. This year’s conference was highlighted by the keynote address of Internal Revenue Service CTO, Terry Milholland, as well as a celebration marking the 30th anniversary of John...

Big Data on the Border

by Jody Ray Bennett We have seen how Big Data is affecting the US military overseas and now Big Data is making its way to the southern border of the United States. Kestrel, the surveillance system utilized by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan, will now be fitted on a 75-foot long Raven...

IBM Trains its Analytical Eye towards Big Data

by Paul Williams An enterprise’s big decision makers are potentially getting a sharper analytic eye on Big Data, courtesy of Big Blue. Last month, IBM announced a new predictive analytics service offering aimed at improving company’s fraud prevention, financial operations, and customer management. This new service, titled IBM Smarter Analytics Signature Solution, is derived...