The Big Data Executive Survey released by NewVantage Partners earlier this year shows that close to three-quarters of the respondents surveyed believe they are getting measurable value from their Big Data and Artificial Intelligence projects, which the survey considers as extensions of Analytics capabilities. That number, NewVantage reports, is half again higher than in the […]
Many Benefits of Big Data Analytics for Your Company
Click to learn more about author Harnil Oza. Big Data is everywhere. Everyone talks about this concept, but very few could tell you a good list of benefits of Big Data or how it can help your business. You could say that Big Data describes huge data volumes, both unstructured and structured, that is generated […]
5 Considerations Surrounding Big Data Risks
by Angela Guess Chael Christopher of NewVantage Partners recently wrote in Datamation, “Not much of consequence happens without risk. As more organizations realize the value of Hadoop while they look to adopt big data into their technology portfolio, they also need to consider the inherent potential for negative consequences. Big data has opened up a […]
Improving Big Data Management with a Converged Architecture
by Angela Guess Dan Woods recently wrote in Forbes, “‘You can’t handle the truth.’ We all remember Jack Nicholson’s iconic words in A Few Good Men as a seminal moment in pop culture. Yet, that statement has a lot of relevance for companies and their data architecture. When they look at their architecture, businesses should […]
The Hidden Challenges of Managing Big Data in the Cloud
by Angela Guess Prat Moghe recently wrote in The Next Web, “Enterprises have been slow to move big data processing to the cloud, but not for lack of trying. Most companies now use the public cloud in some form, often for SaaS applications. But enterprises have been slow to migrate big data and data warehousing […]
6 Big Trends for Big Data
by Angela Guess Daniel Fallmann recently wrote in IT Pro Portal, “Big Data is no longer just a marketing department slogan, and is increasingly becoming a more vital and integral part of current IT strategies. No wonder, because the pioneering technology helps companies to link scattered corporate data and information and to use it intelligently […]
The Key to Unlocking Big Data is Machine Learning
by Angela Guess Ben Rossi recently wrote for Information Age, “A recent Gartner survey found that more than 75% of companies are currently investing or planning to invest in big data initiatives over the next two years. This heightened interest has led analysts to speculate that big data project investments will reach $242 billion in […]