When was the last time you saw a Blockbuster? The once-dominant video rental chain has all but disappeared. After going bankrupt in 2011, Blockbuster was bought out by Dish Network. There now seems to be only 13 stores left in the world. What Went Wrong? Blockbuster failed to keep up with a rapidly changing industry that was disrupted by Netflix and … [Read more...] about Can Your Business Survive Without IoT Solutions?
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The Rise of Self-Service Business Intelligence
One of the hottest trends in BI lately has been self-service data analysis. Most leading solutions are heavily marketed to business users with this tagline, promising fewer headaches and quicker insights than traditional BI. A recent survey conducted by Forbes and Qlik suggests that companies are enthusiastically agreeing with this reasoning. The surveys respondents … [Read more...] about The Rise of Self-Service Business Intelligence
Why Data Backups Are Even More Important in the Big Data Era
Most businesses make it a priority to adopt the latest technologies and systems. With data becoming so important in recent years, many organizations have looked to big data solutions to help them utilize this flood of useful information. With data becoming a vital element of successful businesses, companies have needed to turn to data backup to ensure business continuity in the … [Read more...] about Why Data Backups Are Even More Important in the Big Data Era
Big Data-as-a-Service Solutions Will Revolutionize Big Data
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
The Year in Review: How Did My 2014 Big Data Predictions Turn Out?
As is tradition, every year at the end of the year I give my predictions for the Big Data trends that we can expect to gain traction in the next year. With 2015 at the doorstep, it is the right moment to reflect at my Big Data predictions of 2014. Did they happen as I foresaw one year ago and what will be the Big Data trends we can expect in 2015? Last year I predicted the … [Read more...] about The Year in Review: How Did My 2014 Big Data Predictions Turn Out?
