Service-Oriented Architecture’s Role in the Emerging Hadoop World
To address Big Data challenges in a cost-effective way, many organizations are turning to Hadoop, an open-source framework. Hadoop enables…
NYT on Big Data and R
In the New York Times' "Bits" blog today, Quentin Hardy offers recollections on Big Data talks at the recent Web…
Business Analytics Optimization Keynote #iod11
Fred Balboni gave the Business Analytics and Optimization keynote. You can get a “faster planet” without analytics, just by automating…
Big Data and the Call for Evidence-based Management
Many discussions around big data are often centered on the sheer volume of the information involved, including the massive quantities…
When Crisis Hits, Technology is Dumped, and Lizard Brains Take Over
Think of technological progress for a minute. Super computers, cloud computing, high speed networks, and advanced algorithms probably come to…
The Future of Social Networks
When the telephone was invented the first networks were private, typically between rich individuals and their industrial interests. Pretty quickly,…
What is Social Media Research?
You know, this seems to be a simple question that ought to have a simple answer. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. I’ve…
Social Software, Feature or Product?
We have this debate running about social software and whether it's, for the most part anyway, a set of features…
Because It’s the Weekend: Cube-Solving Lego Robot
The world record for a human solving a Rubik's cube is 5.66 seconds. This robot, made from Lego Mindstorms and…
Decide.com – New Search Ideas for Unstructured Data
In this video from BizIntelligence.TV, University of Washington professor and entrepreneur Oren Etzioni describes his work in data searching innovation…