Analyzing Big Data

The term “Big Data” has gained popularity over the past 12-24 months as a) amounts of data available to companies continually increase and b) technologies have emerged to more effectively manage this data. Of course, large volumes of data have been around for a long time. For example, I worked in the telecommunications industry for… Continue reading Analyzing Big Data

Top of Mind – Data in the Cloud

I attended Cloud Camp Boston yesterday. It was a great meeting with some good discussions.  Several hundred people attended.  What struck me about the general session (when all attendees were present) was that there was a lot of interest around data in the cloud.  For example, during the “unpanel” (where people become panelists in real… Continue reading Top of Mind – Data in the Cloud

Analyzing Data in the Cloud

I had an interesting chat with Roman Stanek, CEO of Good Data last week about the debate over data security and reliability in the cloud.  For those of you who are not familiar with Good Data, it provides a collaborative business analytics platform as a SaaS offering. The upshot of the discussion was something like… Continue reading Analyzing Data in the Cloud

Security and Reliability of Data in the Cloud

Over the past few days, I got a chance to speak to two different companies in the business analytics space about data in the cloud.  One was a SaaS provider, the other an enterprise software vendor.  Two vendors, two different stories that illustrate the jury is still very much out regarding how end users feel… Continue reading Security and Reliability of Data in the Cloud