Big Data services offered in the cloud is nothing new. In the past years, we have seen many Big Data vendors that have created Big Data solutions that can be accessed via the web to crunch and analyse your data. Recently, however, we have seen the rise of a new type of offering: Big Data-as-a-Service solutions. These solutions differ from Software-as-a-Service solutions or … [Read more...] about Big Data-as-a-Service Solutions Will Revolutionize Big Data
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10 Things to Consider Before Diving Into the Hadoop Data Lake
So youre finally ready to dive into the Hadoop Data Lake? Wherever you are in your journey, we at Zaloni have develop a list of considerations that should be kept front-and-center along the way. To that end weve created a Data Lake Considerations Checklist. At a minimum, a checklist is a communication tool, and the one below can be used in your organization on your Data Lake … [Read more...] about 10 Things to Consider Before Diving Into the Hadoop Data Lake
The Future of Big Data: How Data Lakes Open New Possibilities for Your Organization
This thought leadership article is brought to you by Zaloni providing enterprise data management solutions for Hadoop Data Lakes In the past years, I have seen a flood of information on data lakes, and it looks like it is becoming as much of a buzzword as Big Data. I described data lakes as a growing trend in 2015 stating that it was time for organisations to experiment with … [Read more...] about The Future of Big Data: How Data Lakes Open New Possibilities for Your Organization
35 Metrics You Should Use to Monitor Data Governance
How do you know if your efforts are working or are you treading water and getting nowhere? Data Governance (DG) is the most difficult area of the business to work in (in my view). When all is working and no issues are causing problems, your efforts go unnoticed. When issues arise and things go wrong Data Governance is the first area to blame processes dont work, you are not … [Read more...] about 35 Metrics You Should Use to Monitor Data Governance
What We Need, But Dislike Following!!
How would you manage your data without rules and direction? How do you know if your efforts are working or are you treading water? Using definitions from a previous post Data Governance Landscape Data Governance (DG) The complete lifecycle of information deemed important to the organisation to mitigate risk. Example: The packaged (gross) weight of a product 540g the weight of … [Read more...] about What We Need, But Dislike Following!!