We are living in exponential times. Especially if we are talking about data. The world is moving fast, and more data is generated every day. With all that data coming your way, you need the right tools to deal with the growing amounts of data. If you want to get any insights from all that data, you need tools that can process massive amounts of data quickly and efficiently. … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Apache Spark is the Swiss Army Knife of Big Data Analytics
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5 Employee Habits that are Compromising your Business’ Data
IT Security is nothing to joke around about. Data breaches are costing companies billions every year and with increasing external threats from hackers, business owners need to be at the top of their game. But what if your employees were actually to blame for putting your data at risk? We already know that a large percentage of data breaches occur because of employee error. Here … [Read more...] about 5 Employee Habits that are Compromising your Business’ Data
How To Become a Data Scientist And Get Hired
The Big Data Scientist is said to be the sexiest job of the 21st century and it is likely to be very well paid. Salaries are in the high $ 100k per year and there is a strong demand for the best Data Scientists. A lot of the 20th century jobs on the other hand will disappear thanks to robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. How should you ensure that you can … [Read more...] about How To Become a Data Scientist And Get Hired
How to Achieve Big Success from Big Data
Big Data offers huge potential for any organisation in any industry. This is what always has been said and the past years Big Data has been hyped enormously. However, a new study carried out by Accenture revealed that companies with Big Data experience are satisfied with business outcomes and that Big Data is revolutionizing the way companies do business. In fact, 92% of the … [Read more...] about How to Achieve Big Success from Big Data
How to Address the Big Data Talent Challenge
One of the greatest Big Data challenges ahead of us is the scarcity in the available talent. The right Big Data scientist is a multi-skilled person that understands the world of IT and business and has the right creativity to develop difficult, technical, solutions that really help a data-driven, information-centric organisation. However, this mix of talent at the intersection … [Read more...] about How to Address the Big Data Talent Challenge