6 things to make your Big Data project succeed
Some things that you can do to actually make the Big Data project you take on succeed. Â The first thing you need to do is stop trying to make 'Big Data' succeed and instead start focusing on how you educate ...
Anatomy of a MapReduce Job
Hadoop Ecosystem and MapReduce
There is an extensive list of products and projects that either extend Hadoop’s functionality or expose some existing capability in new ways. For example, executing SQL-like queries on top of Hadoop has spwaned several products. Facebook started ...
Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Big Data
According to one projection, the sales of big-data-related products and services grew to more than $18 billion in 2013. Companies can now map your genome, find the best fit for clothing, and improve students' grades, to name a few examples. ...
Integrating Hadoop into Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
Information from SAS and TDWI Research
The purpose of this report is to accelerate users’ understanding of the many new products and practices based on Hadoop technologies that have emerged in recent years. While Hadoop usage is a minority practice today, ...
Things to Learn in R
By Joshua Burkhow
You up for learning something new? or maybe like me want to “do” statistics? If you are looking to do data analysis then R is a great tool/language to learn.
What is R?
R is a system for statistical ...
Java and Analytics the next frontier
I've been pretty verbal about Java going down the wrong path and my view that what Java should do is start having a 'core' which is just the real basics of the VM and the language and then a few ...
7 Tips to Succeed with Big Data in 2014
Information from Tableau Software
What a year 2013 was for big data. From the White House to your house, it’s hard to find an organisation or consumer who has less data today than a year ago. Database options proliferate, and business ...
Super Bowl ads need Big Data to be effective
When the Denver Broncos take the field against the Seattle Seahawks, the stakes will be much higher than the outcome of a football game. Advertisements are selling for about $4 million for 30 seconds of air time. That astronomical cost ...
How to Get the Best Out of Big Data Solutions
Data has become the new raw material for businesses. And that’s how it should be in order to meet the dynamic needs of the current age. Thus, access to considerably large amounts of data and information always helps an organisation ...
Top 10 Big Data Trends in 2014
In January 2014, IDG published their latest big data enterprise survey and predictions for 2014 finding that on average, enterprises will spend $8M on big data –related initiatives in 2014. The study also found that 70% of enterprise organizations have ...