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How to Build a Data-Driven Culture

What drives companies to have a successful data-driven culture? It’s important to understand that it’s not necessarily about the data itself. That’s secondary. The technology itself comes in third. Data-driven deci Read more…

Will Overconfidence Kill Big Data?

Why the Cloud and Big Data? Why Now?

The potential benefits of putting big data in the cloud have been known for years. The simplicity and flexibility that comes with having infrastructure as software appeared to be an attractive solution to the complex man Read more…

What Does the VC Investment Slowdown Mean for Big Data?

The overall pace of investments by venture capitalists slowed over the first six months of the year, according to new report issued last week. While the software industry as a whole did well, the number of investments in Read more…

Data Gravity Pulls to the Cloud

Last month, Spotify grabbed headlines by announcing plans to get rid of its data centers and move onto Google’s Cloud Platform (GCP), claiming that the storage, compute and network services in the cloud are as high qu Read more…

Happy Birthday, Hadoop: Celebrating 10 Years of Improbable Growth

It's hard to believe, but the first Hadoop cluster went into production at Yahoo 10 years ago today. What began as an experiment in distributed computing for an Internet search engine has turned into a global phenomenon Read more…

Finding Your Way in the New Data Economy

In big data analytics today, the goal is to capture, cleanse, and analyze as much data as possible. The leading practitioners are blending dozens of external sources with their own data sets, maybe more. But in the emerg Read more…

Three Tips for Building a Big-Data Back-End for Your Mobile App

With more companies striving to become data-driven, many businesses are developing mobile applications and integrating big data analytics for their products or services. As companies expand, along with their user bases, Read more…

So You Want To Be a Data Scientist: A Guide for College Grads

Congratulations, recent college graduate, and welcome to the workforce! Of all the jobs that you'll apply for, the one with the sexy title "data scientist" may be the toughest to get--and potentially the most rewarding t Read more…

Apache Spark Ecosystem Continues To Build

Apache Spark was everywhere at the recent Strata + Hadoop World conference. From Tableau's new Spark interface to the new Spark as a service (SaaS) offerings and Intel's new Spark initiative, the big data framework was v Read more…