The Data Lake Debate: Pro is Up First
To data lake or not to data lake? That is the question du jour, precipitated by the big data tsunami…
The Data Lake Debate: The Introduction
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Hygienic Hadoop Data Lakes Not Just Happenstance
It is often thought that Apache® Hadoop based data lakes are a potential panacea to thorny data management issues long…
10 Amazing Data Analytics Platforms Everyone Should Know About
The past few years has seen an explosion in the number of platforms available for big data analytical tasks.The open…
Aligning Big Data
IntroIn order to bring some semblance of simplicity, coherence and integrity to the Big Data debate I am sharing an…
Is Your IT Architecture Ready for Big Data?
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My 7 Big Data Favorites of 2014
To put a nice bow on this year’s big data discussion, I’d like to share some of my favorite content…
Changing Your Mind About Big Data Isn’t Dumb
After all the hype about big data and its mental cousin Hadoop, some CIOs are getting skittish about investing additional…
5 Ways Hadoop Can Help Healthcare Organizations and You
Unstructured data makes up about 80% of all information in the healthcare industry, and is growing faster than most people…
5 Common Use Cases for Hadoop in Retail
Retailers have gained a unique advantage over consumers that previously never existed. They are now able to track and analyze…
