Deathtrap: Overlearning in Predictive Analytics
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…
Big Data’s Future/Big Data’s Past
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),…
Two Weeks and Counting to Big Data for Dummies
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…
Hadoop + MapReduce + SQL + Big Data and Analytics: RainStor
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…
Four Vendor Views on Big Data and Big Data Analytics Part 1: Attensity
I am often asked whether it is the vendors or the end users who are driving the Big Data market. I usually reply that both are. There are early adopters of any technology that push…