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The Care and Feeding of Data Scientists
CIOs must encourage data scientists to solve real business problems, not just play with data.
For CMOs Big Data Can Lead to Big Profits
It's become a common refrain that marketers need to become more data-driven. This infographic breaks down the pressures that chief marketing...
Cray brings Hadoop to supercomputing
Helping scientific supercomputing take advantage of emerging big-data technologies, high-performance computing manufacturer Cray is releasing a set...
Big Data Application Framework Gets Update, SQL Interface
Open source big data application platform specialist Concurrent has released a new version of the Cascading application framework and simultaneously...
Which C-Level Executive Will Be the Big Data Champion?
So far, it isn't clear which C-level exec will lead the big-data charge. CIOs, if they want a shot at this job, will need to focus on business...
IT: Don't let the CEO wonder what you do all day
If there's no catastrophic system failure or major software deployment to work on, CEOs might wonder what IT does all day. Here's how to make...
Start-up Sideband Networks models live network traffic to spot trouble
Start-up Sideband Networks today came out of stealth mode with an appliance that it says can model live traffic to give visibility into applications...
USENIX: Flame graph shows system performance in a new light
The person who became known on the Internet for yelling at servers is now becoming famous for another, somewhat related, feat, creating a new type of...
How Many Data Scientists Does the World Really Need?
The buzz is all about 'Big Data' and how best to use it to generate actionable intelligence. To do this, companies will need to hire loads of...
6 Top Picks for Small Business Collaboration Software
From basic document collaboration to video conferencing and scheduling, these collaboration tools help small businesses connect people and...
Facebook Releases Query Engine to Open Source Community
Facebook has released Presto -- a distributed SQL query engine optimized for running ad-hoc interactive queries on data sources up to petabytes in...
Facebook goes open source with query engine for big data
Potentially raising the bar on SQL scalability, Facebook has released as open source a SQL query engine it developed called Presto that was built to...
The changing face of performance management for virtual infrastructures
Isolating the exact cause of a problem is often the biggest challenge in a virtual environment, and it is not enough to simply monitor the...
Superbug tracking app hits top medical spot in Apple's App Store
A new app that tracks where antibacterial resistant superbugs are growing has become a favorite among physicians with more than 100,000 downloads in...
IBM applies predictive analysis to IT operations
Turning its considerable expertise in analytics to the study of IT operations, IBM has assembled a software package to help system administrators...
Hadoop brings far-flung people together across time and space
With its powerful data mining capabilities, Hadoop is bringing together people across different places and even across different generations.
CMOs Must Expand Their Tech Skills in the Digital Marketing Era
As CMOs take on a more strategic role in the C-suite, they will need to broaden their technical skills and expertise to understand big data...
Big data blues: The dangers of data mining
Companies are taking matters into their own hands with internal controls, open privacy policies, ethical codes and greater candor over how...
5 World Problems Too Big for Big Data
Despite advances in computing power, storage and analytics technology, some challenges are still too big for big data. Here's a look at five such...
Hadoop is not enough for 'big data', says Facebook analytics chief
The Hadoop programming framework may be synonymous with the "big data" movement but it's not the only tool companies need to derive...
Which C-Level Executive Will Be the Big Data Champion?
