The Data Lake Debate: Questioning the Pro
Tamara, Tamara, Tamara…We have known each other for quite a while and I cannot believe we are having the same…
5 Non-Standard Ways to Use Cloud Storage
We all get used that cloud storages like Dropbox and Google Drive serve one definite purpose: to keep our data online. Thus, we can…
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…
Abolish Daylight Savings Time
One might think that the societal contributions from New Zealand mostly consist of the band Crowded House and Sheep based…
The Data Lake Debate: The Introduction
In his memoir, Life, Keith Richards dispels the myth that the Rolling Stones had trouble coming up with new songs.…
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…
VC Investment Analytics on 20 Years of Investment Data
Let the numbers show you where VC money is going.In this article, we will perform straight analytics on a huge…
No, You Don’t Need a Data Scientist Army to Understand Consumers
While the idea of customer loyalty by no means a new concept and has been a fundamental focal point of…
