2014 Tech Trends Deja Vu All Over Again
Now we come to the other great blogging tradition for this time of year: the next year’s “trend” story. Needless to say, we didn’t invent this idea; all sorts of other people are also releasing their...
View Article3 Questions With Security Expert Theresa Payton
Theresa Payton, who served as CIO of the White House from May 2006 through September 2008, is now CEO and chief advisor of Fortalice, a cybersecurity consulting firm. She is also the coauthor of...
View ArticleWhy 'Data Efficiency' is the Next Big Phrase in IT
Christopher Surdak, a former senior manager for storage technologies for Accenture, is an expert in collaboration and content management, information security, regulatory compliance, and cloud...
View Article3 Questions With 'Data Nerd' Carla Gentry
Carla Gentry, a self-proclaimed data nerd who even uses the term as her Twitter handle, has been working in data science for 16 years for Fortune 100 and 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson,...
View Article3 Questions With Big Data Recruiter Catherine Reynolds
Catherine Reynolds is principal recruiter and owner of OnBoard Recruitment Advisers, which specializes in analytics, insights and recruiting in the big data area. She has an MA in journalism from Ohio...
View ArticleWrestling With the Ethics of the Facebook Experiments
In the era of big data and analytics, the conventional wisdom seems to be that businesses should try lots of different things, test the results and continuously optimize to develop new innovations and...
View ArticleWant to Become a 'Data Whisperer'? Here's How
Big data is a big topic lately. But for all the talk, there’s very little action. In truth, big data can be a difficult topic to wrap your head around. Discussions either take the 20,000-foot...
View ArticleWhy You Need to Care About the 'Data Lake'
Have people been telling you to go jump in the lake recently? This may not be a bad thing—if it’s a data lake.A “data lake,” by definition, is the opposite of silos or the structure of a data...
View ArticleTaking a Deeper Look at 'Big Data'
A surprising number of organizations that are trying to harness the power of big data are making big mistakes, according to a recent report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Many are even doing the...
View ArticleSilos Getting In the Way of Big Data Utilization
Silos are standing in the way of big data. Whether in data sources or organizational structures, silos lead to complicated analytics and lackluster results on big data initiatives, according to a...
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