Data Management

OnlyBoth cracks big data wide open

The benchmarking engine, OnlyBoth, uses 'discovery algorithms' to ferret out unique aspects of persons, places or things in a database; compares them to others in the database; then describes results in natural language. The engine discover

7 principles of data-driven transformation

Becoming a data-driven enterprise requires a plan and the right people, technology and culture. These seven principles of data-driven transformation will help you successfully make the journey.

How a University’s Data Center Overhaul Makes a Green Impact

University of Cambridge's recent data center consolidation aims to reduce the university's carbon footprint as well as centralize resources, management and monitoring.

Building a Culture of Content as Data

CIOs must ride the wave of content marketing by emphasizing the content over the containers.

Hadoop Platform, Apps Represent $1 Trillion Opportunity

Hadoop Platform, Apps Represent $1 Trillion Opportunity

Hadoop will evolve into an invisible foundational data infrastructure technology this year, says Cloudera Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer Mike Olson. Now's the time to focus on building applications on top of the platform, he says.

Is It Time to Move Your Databases to the Cloud?

Faster time to market increasingly drives firms of all sizes to move their databases to the cloud. Options range from managed services to more of a databases-as-a-service. Even companies used to rolling their own technology solutions are drawn to clo

Federal CIOs Lean on Virtualization, Shared Services to Trim Data Centers

Government IT leaders, operating under a mandate to consolidate their agencies' data centers, look to new technologies and operating models to cut costs and improve efficiency.

Native Data Analysis Comes to MongoDB

With the latest release of its business analytics and data integration platform, Pentaho claims to make it easier for organizations to apply analytics to their big data.

CIOs Will Find That the Most Valuable Data Comes From Outside

Adam Hartung says CIOs are too focused on creating data about internal operations and need to augment that with external data about market conditions.

CIOs Consider Putting a Price Tag on Data

Figure out the dollar value of your information assets. Then youu2019ll know what the 'I' in CIO is really worth -- and how much to spend protecting it.