On the flight back from the London Big Data Week, tasked with writing an article about the rise of identity theft, I had a rare moment of insight where the two topics suddenly presented themselves as two aspects of the same phenomenon. One of the primary values of working with Big Data, after all, is that one may use insights drawn from one aspect of consumer behaviour to drive … [Read more...] about The Difference Between Big Data and Identity Theft
Archives for 2018
How Will IoT Impact Big Data?
With the advent of IoT will come a massive demand for storage for Big Data. According to Forbes, once IoT gets underway we're likely to be flooded with data coming from IoT devices. While this is a valid concern, the fact of the matter is that Big Data is a perfect match for IoT and as more and more companies adopt the IoT standard, Big Data will come to play a huge part in how … [Read more...] about How Will IoT Impact Big Data?
Why Organisations Nowadays Want an Analytics Platform
With the nascent stage of the data revolution past us, organisations are entering a new level of proficiency in handling data expertly. Gone are the days when organisations could handle data and extract insights out of it, without the presence of an analytics platform. The importance of enterprise analytics platforms has grown over time, to such an extent that they are … [Read more...] about Why Organisations Nowadays Want an Analytics Platform
Technology of the Future Home
A few hundred years ago, the idea that you could do all your washing by machines would have seemed like alien technology. Now, most homes have dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers, freeing us up to relax after the working day by watching television or completing some other hobby. With technology advancing to the degree it has, we are now anticipating more additions … [Read more...] about Technology of the Future Home
The Future of the Application Stack – Kubernetes, PaaS & DBaaS
Containers are eating the world. If you have built and deployed an application in production over the last few years, the odds are that you have deployed your code in containers. You might have created and deployed individual containers (Docker, Linux LXC, etc.) directly in the beginning, but quickly switched over to a container orchestration technology like Kubernetes (K8s) … [Read more...] about The Future of the Application Stack – Kubernetes, PaaS & DBaaS
