January’s Top 5 Posts on SmartData Collective
SmartData Collective is about bringing together the brightest minds in Big Data and Analytics. Our goal is to offer a…
Here’s Why BYOD is Finally Worthy of Your Attention
The BYOD acronym has been thrown around for so many years that it’s easy to write it off as a…
Why Modern Data Integration? Core Drivers and Characteristics
From the business perspective, modern data integration has become instrumental simply because a lot of data that can be useful…
As big cloud providers grow, small providers pay the price
Dive Brief:"Other" cloud providers — a group that includes the 10 providers with dramatically lower revenue than cloud leaders Amazon…
5 Metrics to Include in Your Marketing Dashboard
It’s the age of analytics, but having lots of data isn’t the same as having information you can act on.…
After years in hiding, SQL Slammer worm returns with a vengeance
Dive Brief:SQL Slammer, a computer worm that first appeared in January 2003, is back, according to Check Point, which detected…
6 Big Business Intelligence Trends of 2017
“Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant, if not the only, source of competitive advantage.” – Peter F.…
3 Ways to Achieve IT – Business Alignment
IT and other business units are often oil and water. They might be combined together, but they don’t mix well…
Data Security: Ransomware-as-a-Service and What To Do To Avoid It
Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) doesn't sound like something you'd want to include in your technology toolset, does it?Data security should be high on…
HTTPS now the rule, rather than the exception
Dive Brief:HTTPS is gaining broader acceptance, according to Troy Hunt, a Microsoft Regional Director and blogger.Hunt says Mozilla is now…