One of the consequences of the hype surrounding big data analytics over the past couple of years is that companies can no longer afford to ignore the technology (little yellow) elephant in the room. With understanding growing about the wide range of benefits this can bring to an organisation, many executives are now worrying that…
If big data analytics deployments are to be effective, it’s important that everyone involved with them understands how to use them and what they must do to take advantage of the valuable pool of insight on offer. Therefore, one of the first and most crucial things to understand when dealing with data analytics is that…
One technology that’s sure to be at the centre of many organisations’ big data analytics programmes in the coming years is Hadoop. This open-source platform has been designed specifically to support the reliable storage and processing of very large data sets and its popularity is set to continue increasing rapidly in the coming years. But…
Unless you live in a barn it is unlikely that you haven’t heard about “Big Data”. The term has been hyped to the degree that a lot of people I meet think it is something to be afraid off; as if it is a new phenomenon that only university mathlete’s could possibly understand. Fortunately the…
As the big data analytics sector rapidly matures, companies will be increasingly asking what they can get out of the technology this year. And one of the big trends for 2015 will be companies aiming to move beyond a reactive approach to data to a more proactive strategy. At the heart of this will be…