How Small Data Can Also Be Big Data
Gartner’s definition of big data dates back from 2001, when Doug Laney defined big data as increasing volume (amount of…
4 Million Patient Records Stolen in Second Largest HIPAA Data Breach
Advocate Health Care marks the second largest HIPAA data breach since the breach notification rule was implemented in 2009, losing…
The Rising Value of Predictive Analytics
The rising prevalence and increasingly varied applications of business intelligence software and analytics solutions continue to be a hot topic…
Poll: R Is the Top Language for Data Science 3 Years Running
KDDNuggets has completed its annual poll of top languages for analytics, data mining and data science, and just as in…
Using Data for K-12 Education
When 44 Atlanta schools were implicated in a standardized test cheating scandal in 2011, “data” quickly became the vocabulary word…
Alteryx Advances the Process of Customer Analytics
The market for customer analytics continues to grow as organizations realize the current competencies and technology are not aligned to…
Looking Beyond the Data Horizon: Building the Business Case for Data Quality
There is a growing body of evidence to demonstrate that poor data quality (DQ) has a major economic and reputational…
A Closer Look into the Future Big Data Ecosystem [INFOGRAPHIC]
A new big data infographic issued by IDC and sponsored by SAP shows that in the coming years 90% of…
Embedding Predictive Analytics in Your Software Product
Everyone knows that enterprise software is an intensely competitive business. Today “Big Data” and “Analytics” are two of the hottest topics…
What Are the Questions to Ask When Developing a Big Data Strategy?
A recent story on InformationWeek shows how two CEO’s can view the same company completely different. Both CEOs used big…