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How NoSQL Drives Analytic Agility at Nielsen

For many years, Nielsen used a standard relational database to power the big data analytic offerings used by thousands of its customers around the world. But the heaviness of the infrastructure dragged on Nielsen, until Read more…

Top Three Things Not To Do in Excel

Let’s face it: We all have seen a crazy Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or encountered one of its dreaded “Not Responding” messages. Unfortunately, the flexibility and ease of Excel makes it the ideal candidate for ina Read more…

Big Data Outlier Detection, for Fun and Profit

As we discussed in the first part of this series, how you handle data outliers can determine whether your big data project ends with a bang or flames out in failure. But before you even decide what to do with outliers, y Read more…

Can Your BI Tool Be the FitBit of the Workplace?

Today we track our fitness, sync our calendars and even monitor our financial activities all from one constant accessory: our mobile device. Consumers are embracing technologies like FitBit and Nike Fuel to give them acc Read more…

Streaming Analytics Ready for Prime Time, Forrester Says

Analytic platforms that generate insights from data in real time are mature enough for enterprises to begin adopting them, Forrester says in its latest report. While open source streaming analytic products like Apache St Read more…

Five Steps to Drive Big Data Agility

We are in the middle of a big data arms race that will determine the winners and the losers across many aspects of private enterprise and public life. The companies, candidates, and organizations who demonstrate the most agility in adapting to the new big data atmosphere have the best chances of surviving and succeeding in the future. Read more…

How Big Data Can Help the Sick and Poor

We often hear how companies are using big data to improve customer service, reduce risk, and ultimately make more money. That's all well and good, but how it's refreshing to hear how humanitarian groups are using the same big data sources, tools, and professionals to assist sick, poor, at-risk, and war-weary people around the world. Read more…

I Didn’t Know Big Data Could Do That!

You've probably heard about some of the common uses for big data technologies--how phone companies reduce customer "churn" with Hadoop, how spy agencies find terrorists with pattern recognition, and how biologists speed drug discovery with graph databases. But the power of data analytic technologies goes far beyond these established use cases, and can be used in genealogy, law, and even pop music. Read more…

The 2013 Big Data Year in Review

While still in its infancy, the big data technology trend has made a lot of substantial progress since it gained traction at the beginning of this decade. The year 2013 was a big year with advances being made in virtually every quarter of the space. In this feature, we take a look at some of the significant trends that have crossed our desks in the past year -- wrapped up and presented to you with a pretty bow. Out with the old, in with the new -- it's the Datanami 2013 Year in Review! Read more…

How Big Data Keeps Yellow Pages Group in the Black

Whether you're looking for a plumber in Halifax or a Greek restaurant in Montreal, your search will likely touch upon the vast content holdings of Yellow Pages Group of Canada, the largest digital advertiser in the country. Thanks to a sophisticated network of data management and analytic tools, the company is able to keep its business on top of changing consumer trends. Read more…

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