Understanding the Various Sources of Big Data [INFOGRAPHIC]
Big data is everywhere and it can help organisations any industry in many different ways. Nowadays there is so much…
Managing Your Big Data in a Collaborative Set-up
With the amount of data processed by enterprises seeing an exponential growth over the past decade or two, the need…
Semantic Business Vocabularies and Rules
For many in the traditional applications development community, “semantics” sounds like a perfect candidate for a buzzword tossed at management…
Big Data is Not Just Hadoop
Hybrid Solutions will Solve our Big Data Problems for Years to Come When I talk to the people on the front…
The Cloud Can Help You Get Smarter, If You Let It
One of the potential benefits of cloud computing to access business applications and data is its potential to improve the…
XBRL: How to Save a Good Idea from a Bad Implementation
If the problems with the U.S. Health Insurance Marketplace website have taught us anything, it is that implementation problems can…
The Open Cloud Is The Future of Cloud Computing
Historically, one of the major worries for enterprises considering cloud deployments has been vendor lock-in. If businesses entrust a significant…
First Look: Provenir Big Data Listening and Engagement Platform
I recently got an introduction to the Provenir Big Data Listening and Engagement platform. Provenir is a cloud-based platform that…
A BI Self-Service Debate: Can Users Be Trusted?
At SAP TechEd in Amsterdam this week, I had a conversation with SAP mentor Steve Rumsby about BI self-service and…
The Top 5 Worst Technology Predictions of All Time
Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? They're names you'd normally associate with cutting edge technological 'nouse' – but even the masters of…