
At Zynga Big Data is no game
Derrick Harris, writing for *GigaOm* highlights the important of Big Data and advanced analytics at Farmville creator, Zynga. >Our physical network infrastructure utilizes a mixture of our own datacenters and public cloud datacenters linked with high-speed networking. We utilize commodity hardware, and our architecture is designed for high availability and…
TDWI: V is for Big Data Volume
Philip Russom, writing for *TDWI*, likes the three Vs of big data, and takes a look at Volume: >It’s pretty obvious that data volume is the primary attribute of big data. With that in mind, some people have asked me for a definitive number quantifying the volume, a common question…
iWeb: Giving BI the driver’s seat
Yolanda Smit, writing for *iWeb Business*, continues her series on how “super-companies” have not kept up with the BI times: >Business intelligence should become the control panel that empowers management to effectively steer the organisation towards strategic achievement. Part of the challenge: >Strategy committees put a lot of effort into…
Formtek: Big Data bringing Big Changes
*Formtek*’s Dick Weisinger, writing about the McKinsey report’s gushing over how Big Data Analytics (BDA), and howit could positively transform our lives: >When applied to applying collected shopper information, big data would give retailers the potential to increase their operating margins by more than 60 percent says the McKinsey report….
Forbes: The Big Opportunity of Big Data
Bill Hewitt, writing for Forbes, goes over some of the big risks, and big rewards, associated with the Big Data revolution: >Not surprisingly, the business of information management – helping organizations make sense of this ever-expanding store of data – is growing tremendously. In just the past few years, Oracle,…
Traditional Data Integration tools aren’t ready for Big Data?
*Storage Newsletter* reports that, according to a Syncsort study of more that 350 IT and business users in North America, traditional data integration tools simply aren’t up to the task of dealing with Big Data. >Growing data volumes and shrinking processing windows pose significant challenges to more than 70 percent…
Globe and Mail: Small companies, Big Data
Lynn Greiner, writing for *The Globe and Mail*, points out how small companies aren’t immune from the challenges of dealing with Big Data: >Small used to mean, relatively speaking, small profits, small staff and small buildings. But today, in the information age, small is irrelevant when it comes to data….
NYT: When There’s No Such Thing as Too Much Information
Steve Lohr reporting for the *New York Times*, casts the spotlight on the data explosion, and the opportunities it can provide for companies savvy enough to take advantage of it. >In a modern economy, information should be the prime asset — the raw material of new products and services, smarter…
The demand for Big Data
Deborah Gage, writing for the Wall Street Journal on how *The Big Data Revolution Will Affect Us From Head To Toe*, based on a conversation with John Webster, storage analyst at the Evaluator Group, at SNW Spring 2011 >”Big data is about getting creative – it’s about leveraging the technology,…
The column database singles circuit
Derrik Harris, writing for Giga Om on *Why ParAccel’s Time on the Big Data Singles Circuit Won’t Be Long*: >Greenplum, Netezza, Vertica, Aster Data Systems — one by one, they all got bought, leaving ParAccel standing all but alone as an independent company dedicated to the cause of analyzing big…