Today any enterprise can take a page from big-data-rich companies like Linkedin, Netflix and Spotify and create an architecture to support real-time data analytics or monetization of Internet of Things (IoT) data. What is needed is a fast, reliable platform that can support IoT feeds and enable functionality like real-time financial metrics, real-time geolocation of … [Read more...] about How to Realize Real-Time Analytics and IoT Monetization with Kafka
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Free Business Analytics Content Part 2
Why buy when you can get it for free? Back at you! Here is the second fantastic delivery of an amazing and fabulous selection of free and widely available business analytics learning content, which has been prepared just for you. Electronic data capture. An Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system is a computerized system designed for the collection of clinical data in electronic … [Read more...] about Free Business Analytics Content Part 2
How Hadoop Has Truly Revolutionised IT
This is the story of how the amazing Hadoop ecosphere revolutionised IT. If you enjoy it then consider joining The Big Data Contrarians. Before the advent of Hadoop and its ecosphere, the IT was a desperate wasteland of failed opportunities, archaic technology and broken promises. In the dark Cambrian days of bits, mercury delay lines and ferrite core, we knew nothing about … [Read more...] about How Hadoop Has Truly Revolutionised IT
Free Business Analytics Content Thanks to Wikipedia Part 1
Why buy when you can get it for free? Here is the first fantastic delivery of an amazing and fabulous selection of free and widely available business analytics learning content, which has been prepared just for you. A/B testing is a way to compare two versions of a single variable typically by testing a subjects response to variable A against variable B, and determining which … [Read more...] about Free Business Analytics Content Thanks to Wikipedia Part 1
Data Valuation: Is Your Big Data Worth Zero or Trillions?
Almost every entity is, or is becoming, a digital enterprise. Todays information economy mandates nothing less. Entities are making tremendous investments in order to exploit the vast amounts of data Big Data that are constantly being generated by the Internet of Things (IoT), social media platforms, websites, and other sources. As confirmed by a recent Capgemini EMC Big Data … [Read more...] about Data Valuation: Is Your Big Data Worth Zero or Trillions?