One of the most exciting things about a formerly-niche technology becoming mainstream is the way it mutates and evolves by means of its end users ingenuity. One famous example could be the case of a product that was originally meant for cleaning coal residue from wallpaper, and eventually came to be the Play-Doh todays children know and love. Business intelligence tools cater … [Read more...] about 3 Ingenious Use Cases for Business Intelligence Tools
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Big Data’s Role in Crisis Response and Recovery
When a crisis hits, the need to respond quickly and efficiently is urgent. Unfortunately, crises often produce chaos and disorganization, which can place even the best laid plans into a state of ruin. Whether its a natural disaster or something man-made, disaster management always needs some help in creating safer situations and reaching out to those who have been affected. … [Read more...] about Big Data’s Role in Crisis Response and Recovery
5 Interview Questions for Your Next Big Data Vendor
It's easy to have unrealistic expectations of big data companies considering all the hype surrounding big data and predictive analytics. If you need to choose a big data vendor, you have an increasing number of options, but it's important to go into the decision with realistic expectations about what you want big data to do for you. Let's dive a bit deeper in selecting the … [Read more...] about 5 Interview Questions for Your Next Big Data Vendor
3 Important Fundamentals of Using Data Visualization Tools
IBM Watson, Tableau, Si.Sense, and Microstrategy are but a handful of the data visualization spinoffs that the industrialization of analytics is producing. The data supply chain is indeed in full maturation stages. Behemoths IBM and Oracle were previously in the business of selling hardware (servers) for the mass storage and aggregation of information. However, today they are … [Read more...] about 3 Important Fundamentals of Using Data Visualization Tools
10 Benefits of Big Data Governance for Your Organization
Despite popular belief, there needs not be a trade off between big data governance and an organizations initiatives involving big data. Big data governance also needs not eat into an organizations revenues. What is Big Data Governance? As the term implies, big data governance is the management of big data. Nevertheless, what is big data? Organizations nowadays have to deal … [Read more...] about 10 Benefits of Big Data Governance for Your Organization
