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Forget Big Data, the Value Is in ‘Big Answers’

The CTO of Barack Obama's reelection campaign says we need to stop worrying about big data and turn our attention instead to the 'big answers' the data provides. EMC, which made big data news this week, is one tech company that plans t

1 Mar 2013 4 mins

Big Data CTO Government IT

EMC Greenplum Tackles Big Data With Hadoop Distribution

EMC Greenplum debuts its own Hadoop distribution, Pivotal HD, which marries Greenplum's massively parallel processing database technology with the Apache Hadoop framework to create a technology called HAWQ.

26 Feb 2013 4 mins

Big Data Data Management Open Source

Hadoop Is Not Just for Linux Anymore

The expanded partnership between Microsoft and Hadoop distribution specialist Hortonworks has borne fruit with the release of a beta of Hortonworks' Hadoop Data Platform for Windows.

25 Feb 2013 3 mins

Big Data Developer Small and Medium Business

3 Deep, Dark Secrets of Cloud Computing

Everybody uses the cloud. How can there be any secrets? Many companies had to learn these three little lessons the hard way, but there's no reason your business can't learn from those mistakes.

12 Feb 2013 6 mins

CRM Systems Cloud Management Developer

HPCC Takes on Hadoop’s Big Data Dominance

Hadoop is everywhere, but a strong competitor is making headway in the market. It's all thanks to years of production use and a solid big data pedigree that powers the billion-dollar LexisNexis database.

12 Feb 2013 7 mins

Big Data Data Warehousing Developer

Feds Look to Big Data to Position ‘Government as a Platform’

As Federal IT's march to the cloud continues, a new digital government strategy calls for departments and agencies to open their data sets to create a platform for innovation.

15 Jan 2013 6 mins

Energy Industry Government Government IT

How to Use Big Data to Make Faster and Better Business Decisions

Big Data is clearly a disruptive technology, but using it successfully is as much art as it is science. The key is integrating Big Data with traditional BI to create a data ecosystem that allows you to generate new insights while executing on what yo

11 Jan 2013 9 mins

Big Data Business IT Alignment Business Intelligence

Who owns CRM data at your company?

In most enterprise IT systems, record ownership is about as controversial as a ham sandwich. Not so in CRM. In fact, it can become quite the political topic. Fortunately, good governance can solve most CRM data ownership problems.

4 Jan 2013 5 mins

CRM Systems Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

Data Analytics Will Fail If Executives Ignore the Numbers

One major selling point for data analytics is that it gives executives the information they need to make the decisions that are best for the company. However, if executives don't read the reports before signing on the dotted line, or if they exp

4 Jan 2013 8 mins

Big Data CIO ROI and Metrics

How to Get a Grip on Data With ‘Information Superiority’

To make more efficient use of data and improve data protection, take a holistic approach to information governanceu2014one that focuses attention on the most sensitive data while removing impediments to sharing.

3 Jan 2013 6 mins

Data and Information Security IT Governance Privacy

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