B2B Software Startups: The SaaS Platform Dilemma
SaaS has considerably reduced B2B software development costs. Think about ten years ago and the products and services you had…
Chatting with Your Computer: How the iPhone’s Siri Compares with IBM’S Watson
IBM's Watson computer, which defeated the two all-time human champs on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! in 2011, is a glowing example…
First Look: Datameer
As part of an ongoing expansion of our ecosystem mapping to include more Hadoop-based products I recently got an update…
Big Data Sets You Can Use with R
The world may indeed be awash with data, however, it is not always easy to find a suitable data set…
5 Big Data Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making
Many businesses have already made the move to using big data, and while some have been able to effectively use…
Three Major Trends in New Discovery Analytics
A few months ago, I wrote an article on the four pillars of big data analytics. One of those pillars is…
Why Are There No Jobs for Hadoop in the Federal Government?
Hadoop has been the industry standard for scalable data processing applications for several years, so why does a search for…
5 Ways Big Data is Changing Marketing Forever
From the time that products and services first appeared on the planet, marketers have used data in some form or…
IBM SPSS Analytic Catalyst Makes Sophisticated Analytics Accessible
IBM’s SPSS Analytic Catalyst enables business users to conduct the kind of advanced analysis that has been reserved for expert users…
Too Much Big Data, Too Few Big Ideas
A significant portion of the world’s knowledge is online and accessible to just about anyone with a web browser and…
