Big Data is Changing the Way You Must Think About Data Management
The volume, variety and velocity of unstructured information is becoming a consideration in IT departments everywhere. Don’t get overwhelmed
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The three things IDC Canada predicts will matter in 2013
The market research firm makes its annual forecast of what will be the biggest technologies and trends for the coming 12 months, including a trio of familiar topics
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As Big Data Gets Bigger, Personal Privacy Becomes a Global Concern
Welcome to the Monday edition of the IP news roundup. Today’s headlines focus on big data and cloud:
In the era of big data, can digital privacy and business growth coexist? An article on Network World compared European vs. American attitudes towards using personal data to achieve business...
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IDC on where Canadians rank mobile, social, cloud and big data
In a video interview, Dave Senf speaks from the recent Avaya conference about what he calls the “third platform”
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Big Data Spending Will Reach $20 Billion by 2016
Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines in big data, network security and cloud:
Big money is going into big data. According to an Experton Group study (as reported by SmartPlanet.com), spending on big data technologies will reach more than $20...
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The Big Data Boom May Cost You Your Privacy
Welcome to the Monday edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines in big data, business continuity, disaster recovery and network security:
Is a potential big data economic boom worth the invasion of your privacy? PoliticusUSA.com questioned whether big data can create an...
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The Results Are In … Big Data Won the US Election
Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines in big data, VoIP and cloud:
Big data and cloud computing gave Obama a huge advantage. An article on the Computerworld Government IT blog explored how Obama used big data to win the election. For example, the...
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How David Petraeus exposed an overlooked big data problem
The former director of the CIA is in professional and personal turmoil over an extramarital affair, but it’s the way he used e-mail that should concern IT departments
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The biggest of the big data challenges
At this week’s World Congress on Information Technology in Montreal, a Microsoft researcher makes some interesting points about how complex the tools we’re using to sift through information have become
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From big data to computer chess: IT finds a place in the museum
Museums around the world are hosting technology-themed exhibits that explore everything from the history of computers to the future of digital networks. A curated guide
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Where big data and IPv6 intersect
The founder of the Cloud Best Practices Network discusses the “X Internet” and what the growing volume of online data will mean for Canadian entrepreneurs
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Hadoop on the network: How to prep for big data
The volume of unstructured information will require the use of new tools, potentially including the popular open source in-memory database. This is not just an enterprise play
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Big Data to Be $50 Billion Industry by 2017
Today’s IP news roundup focuses on big data. Here’s what you need to know:
Did you know that big data will be a $50 billion industry by 2017? Or that the Obama administration is investing $200 million in big data research? Check out Wikibon’s article, “A Comprehensive List of Big Data...
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The AI approach to big data
Judea Pearl, winner of what’s often called the Nobel Prize in computer science, explains why expectations around analytics may need a reality check
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Increased acceptance of Hadoop is one of the top reasons why more businesses are adopting big data. A slide show by eWeek.com states that many traditional enterprises, such as retailers and banks, are now running their business applications on Hadoop.
Hadoop integrations are also on the rise, as...
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What Is Big Data and Why Should You Care?
Big data is a big buzzword. However, along with all of the hype is the need for IT professionals to discuss the impact that big data is having and will have on companies, industries and society at large.
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Big Data Adoption Rates to Double within the Next Year
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A new report released by AIIM, the global community of information professionals, revealed that big data is poised for massive growth. Big Data: extracting value from your digital landfill predicts that big data’s user base will double to 17% within the next 12 months, while...
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MIT to Host Big Data Research Programs
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Two new big data initiatives launched at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) yesterday could go a long way to establishing the state as a major centre for big data research. As reported on in The Boston Globe and Computer World, the first initiative, called...
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Executives See More Value in Big Data Than Social Media
A new survey from McKinsey & Company concludes that, although big data may not get as much mainstream attention as social media, it is still a greater business priority for most executives. The survey asked 1,500 CEOs, CFOs and CIOs about how they position the three major trends in digital...
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Where Big Data Is Going and Why You Need to Know
One of the great thought leaders, McKinsey & Company, has easily accessible content on Big Data. Its new research report, Big Data: The next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity, delivers a litany of proof points on the massive increases in data flowing worldwide. The full...
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Big Government Meets Big Data
Government agencies across North America are not only burdened by more requests for services, they are struggling to dig themselves out from under an avalanche of data. A new study has concluded that IT departments in American Federal agencies are grappling with same issues as their peers in the...
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Big Data Means Different Things to Different Businesses
Big Data offers opportunities for businesses to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace, but only if they can figure out what to do with all that information.
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Big Data: From Soup to Nuts and Bolts
This microsite, in the comprehensive IBM way, provides a soup-to-nuts experience in multimedia content focused on Big Data. It showcases plenty of thought leadership stuff from leading consulting groups, chartware on-demand, video profiles, market research, customer case studies and the inevitable...
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Big Data: Getting the Specs for Big Business
The popular blog GigaOM has produced a podcast seminar (with slide support) called “Solving Big Data for Big Business.” This hour-long seminar, featuring a conversation among four IT consultants, focuses on extremely techie issues. How does big data integration differ from traditional database...
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Three Short Videos About Big Data
Big Data is a trend that ties in directly with Cisco’s focus on data center and virtualization solutions for the enterprise. If you’re in the mood for short primers, the “Big Data Whiteboard Discussion” video seminar is packaged up into three segments of roughly three minutes each. Taken...
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