Big Data: 3 Reasons to “Get Over It!”All types of systems exist, and they were developed for the primary purpose of showing something that needed to be discovered or verified, or have its actions revealed. After specializing in data management for a long time, I am not surprised by the latest data disclosure about the government coll… Cloud: 12 Reasons Why the Future Forecast is Partly CloudyLast week SalesForce.com bought Exact Target for $2.5 billion, IBM bought SoftLayer for around $2 billion, and in April Accenture committed $400 million to enhance its cloud capabilities. All of these acquisitions, along with all the other cloud providers such as Amazon, RackSpace and Service Now,… Big Data: 4 Business Areas to Examine for Your Big Data ProjectsWhen developing any new IT initiative, estimating a good return on investment is paramount for getting upper management support and funding. With all the buzz about Big Data hitting every magazine and financial TV show, the budget process may be a little easier, but not by much. The best way to … Big Data: Three Criteria to Big Data Project SuccessWhen determining the evaluation criteria for your Big Data project, you need to consider a range of different data inputs, their quality, and expected results. These aspects can span a wide range of topics and different areas. Discussing your Big Data evaluation criteria with management can bring … Big Data: Big Lies, Big Damn Lies and StatisticsSetting up the correct metrics is vital for measuring anything. Mean, median and a variety of other complex formulas are being used for an assortment of purposes in Big Data projects. The heart of the issue is whether these complex formulas correctly convey correct measurements for the particula… DB2 10.5 Upgrade – 10 Reasons to Implement immediately!The International DB2 User Group (IDUG) North American conference is always full of great DB2 Family presentations. I try to go through all of them because they are always full of great ideas, best practices, hints and tips. I guess that’s why IDUG celebrated both DB2 for z/OS’ 30-year anniversa… IDUG 2013: Why DB2 Has Been Going Strong for Thirty YearsThe International DB2 User Group (IDUG) North American conference is celebrating both DB2 for z/OS’ 30 year anniversary and its own 25-year anniversary of representing the DB2 Users around the world. The IDUG conference is going to be especially good this year because of the five reasons I menti… Big Data: BLU Acceleration DB2 Version 10.5 Kepler ConsiderationsThe BLU Acceleration technology is coming out and the new DB2 Version 10.5 Kepler performance improvements are game changing and dramatic especially for Big Data. I blogged about these features in a more detailed entry (IBM BLU Acceleration -- Best Yet for Big Data!). The Columnar data store, 10x … Big Data: Four Security Improvements RequiredAt the BLU acceleration technology briefing, I was able to talk to a wide variety of analysts from many well-known firms along with other architects, consultants and industry practitioners. Everyone was talking about the IBM BLU technology for Big Data that I blogged about earlier, but Big Data co… |
