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If you’re looking to implement a big data project, you’re probably deciding whether to go with Apache Spark SQL or…
If you’ve been reading about Apache Spark, you might be worried about whether you have to relearn all of your…
Building Real Customer Relationships from Reward-Based FlingsA loyalty program should not be about points, rewards, or status. While these perks…
In the age of businesses with data that lives on dozens or even hundreds of servers, expecting transactional integrity and…
Relational data warehouses served communications service providers well in the past, but it’s time to start thinking beyond columns and…
IntroIn order to bring some semblance of simplicity, coherence and integrity to the Big Data debate I am sharing an…
The above diagram was compiled by Florence Nightingale, who was – according to The Font – “a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of…
At a time in our history when there is more data than ever before, the overwhelming majority of companies ...
Money Out the Window It’s scary to think about the dollars involved, but with over 70% of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing projects failing it is surprising…
I always make the point that data is everywhere – and that a lot of it is free.
The internet and ecommerce world offers endless possibilities to use customer analytics and big data ..
