2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day (source: IBM). In addition to legacy modes of data generation, new behaviours like social media posts, digital pictures and videos, activity tracker usage, and IoT sensor measurements have accelerated the pace of data generation. The astounding amount of data generated is hard to comprehend, let alone understand how to put to … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Winning in the Data Economy
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Big Data at Walmart is All About Big Numbers; 40 Petabytes a Day!
Some time ago, I already wrote about how Walmart has made Big Data part of their DNA. Since I wrote that post about two years ago, Walmart has continued to expand their Big Data practices. Their objective is to know what every product in the world is, to know who every person in the world is and to have the ability to connect them together in transaction. Rather ambitious … [Read more...] about Big Data at Walmart is All About Big Numbers; 40 Petabytes a Day!
Consider this: Big Data is not Data Warehousing
Hold this thought: To paraphrase the great Bob Hoffman, just when you think that if the Big Data babblers were to generate one more ounce of bull**** the entire f****** solar system would explode, what do they do? Exceed expectations. I am a mild mannered person, but if there is one thing that irks me, it is when I hear variations on the theme of Data Warehousing is Big Data, … [Read more...] about Consider this: Big Data is not Data Warehousing
Big Data TechCon
Big Data TechCon, October 27-29 in San Francisco, is the “how-to” show for big data developers, IT managers and practitioners. Big Data TechCon is technology-agnostic and will apply to organizations using relational databases, NoSQL databases, graph databases, unstructured data, flat files and data feeds. Use code BIGDATA for a $200 conference discount off … [Read more...] about Big Data TechCon
How Public Data is Creating a New Business Intelligence Market
As far as buzzwords go, Big Data is out and open data is in. Or at least thats what a glance at the headline seems to say. Across the country, states and cities are opening up their data streams to the public. The mayor of Chattanooga, TN, for instance, recently ordered the citys government data be open for public use. Los Angeles did the same thing. In both cases, the cities … [Read more...] about How Public Data is Creating a New Business Intelligence Market
