Big Data Analytics
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I am in the process of gathering survey data for the TDWI Predictive Analytics Best Practices Report. Right now, I’m in the data analysis phase. It turns out (not surprisingly) that one of the biggest barriers to adoption of predictive analytics is understanding how the technology works. Education is definitely needed as more advanced forms
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I just listened to an interesting IBM Google hangout about big data called Visions of Big Data’s future. You can watch it here. There were some great experts on the line including James Kobelius (IBM), Thomas Deutsch (IBM), and Ed Dumbill (Silicon Valley Data Science). The moderator, David Pittman, asked a fantastic question, “What’s taking
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I am excited to announce I’m a co-author of Big Data for Dummies which will be released in mid-April 2013. Here’s the synopsis from Wiley: Find the right big data solution for your business or organization Big data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as
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As the volume and variety of data continues to increase, we’re going to see more companies entering the market with solutions to address big data and compliant retention and business analytics. One such company is RainStor, which while not a new entrant (with over 150 end-customers through direct sales and partner channels) has recently started
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