The big data movement is changing the way people work. And just like state, local and federal organizations, the military is trying to get smarter, faster and more flexible with its data. Dr. Eric ...

Has your enterprise just started to grasp the enormous scope of big data? Do you realize that it's expanding exponentially even as you read this? Does your organization feel overwhelmed? It's not ...

Big data is the latest business buzzword. It has its own terminology and acronyms, while gurus and experts wait in the wings. It is a short, snappy way of saying that in our digital and online world ...

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Businesses are struggling with the rapidly increasing volume, speed and variety of information being generated today – what's come to be known as big data. Companies are seeking technologies that not ...

James has a passion for how technologies influence business and has several Mobile World Congress events under his belt. James has interviewed a variety of leading figures in his career, from former ...

In my last post, I discussed the challenges, patterns, and approaches to dealing with the most obvious of the “four V’s” of big data – volume – briefly touching on the subject of unstructured data and ...

Quick question: What is more than 60 years old, but still spry enough to beat the best mid-range clusters at big data? If your answer was the mainframe, then you're correct. By a virtual show of hands ...

Big data is one of the, well, biggest trends in IT today, and it has spawned a whole new generation of technology to handle it. And, with new technologies come new buzzwords: acronyms, technical terms ...

If you develop software or manage databases, you’re probably at the point now where the phrase “Big Data” makes you roll your eyes. Yes, it’s hyped quite a lot these days. But, overexposed or not, the ...

Another week, another survey that finds IT cannot keep up with the ever-expanding data overload. This time the problem surrounds network bandwidth and overall performance. A survey of 300 IT ...