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by Angela Guess Stephen Engdahl has written an article for FX-MM arguing that a silver lining of the 2008 financial crisis has been the rise of the Chief Data Officer. He writes, “Four years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, financial institutions are still wrestling with data to gain a holistic 360 degree view...
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by Angela Guess Michael Kan of Computer World reports, “To benefit from a growing Chinese market, Microsoft on Thursday said it is increasing its investment in the country, with new hires, more research for local requirements, and an expansion to additional cities and provinces to bring cloud computing services to its enterprise customers. Microsoft’s...
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by Angela Guess Gil Press of Forbes recently interviewed new InfoChimps CEO Jim Kaskade, and Kaskade offered up several predictions regarding Big Data acquisitions and the future of the Data Scientist. Press writes, “Jim Kaskade’s crystal ball shared with him recently a list of upcoming big data acquisitions: EMC will buy MapR, Oracle will buy Cloudera, and Teradata will buy...
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by Angela Guess Edd Dumbill has written an article for O’Reilly Strata discussing Big Data as the digital nervous system of an enterprise. He writes, “Until a few years ago, the main function of computer systems in society, and business in particular, was as a digital support system… The now-quaint phrase ‘paperless office’ alludes...
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by Angela Guess The Washington Post reports that IBM has introduced a new line of mainframe computers for the Big Data age. According to the article, “IBM said its zEnterprise EC12 mainframe server is designed to help clients securely and quickly sift through massive amounts of data, meeting the demands of retail and other...
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by Angela Guess John Koetsier of VentureBeat reports, “The appeal of big data has made data scientists a hot item, commanding respect and income worthy of supermodels or football stars. But perhaps a better term would be ‘data artists,’ befitting the artfulness that goes into interpreting and illustrating big datasets. Perhaps these scientists are not the Einsteins...
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by Angela Guess Pete Stiglich has written an article for the Perficient blog regarding the steps to implementing a Data Stewardship subcommittee within a Data Governance program. He writes, “A key initiative to be undertaken prior to instituting Data Stewardship at the enterprise level is to develop a Subject Area Model (SAM) – the...
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by Angela Guess Josh Constine of TechCrunch reports, “Facebook revealed some big, big stats on big data to a few reporters at its HQ today, including that its system processes 2.5 billion pieces of content and 500+ terabytes of data each day. It’s pulling in 2.7 billion Like actions and 300 million photos per day, and...
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by Angela Guess Brian Proffitt of ITWorld reports, “Hadoop has been the undisputed king of big data for a while, but while the emperor has some clothes, the limitations of Hadoop have made the outfit skimpier than it needed to be. Now Hadoop developers are building the new processing system known as YARN, to knit the...
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by Rod MacPherson I recently hosted an Executive Breakfast Seminar on Open Data in Ottawa, Canada and was pleasantly surprised by the greater than expected turnout by senior government personnel wanting to learn more about the risk, challenges, opportunities and benefits of Canada’s Open Government Action Plan. (see data.gc.ca) Like many other jurisdictions, including...
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