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Big Data: A Market Dominated by Services

By Dick Weisinger

Thomas H. Davenport, said that “every company has big data in its future and every company will eventually be in the data business.” Geoffrey Moore, author and consultant, said that “without big data, you are blind and deaf and in

Big Data and Hadoop: Will Hadoop Continue to Dominate?

By Dick Weisinger

When people talk Big Data today, often they’re talking about Hadoop, a technology first created by Doug Cutting in 2005.  Forrester Research says that “Hadoop is unstoppable as its open source roots grow wildly and deeply into enterprises.” The following are

Big Data: Big Payback for Organizations — IF They can Make it Work

By Dick Weisinger

It’s not easy, but organizations that have managed to crack the secret of Big Data report that they’re deriving considerable benefits from the technology.  But the problem is that the bar for achieving success with Big Data is a high

Big Data: How to “Write Once and Deploy” across Big Data Fabrics

By Dick Weisinger

Cascading is a Java-based framework for big-data/data-centric application development created and supported by Concurrent.  The framework abstracts and hides complex implementation details involved in the writing of big data applications.  Cascading is used by companies like eBay, Linkedin, the Climate

Big Data in the Cloud: Vendors Enable Easier Access to Big Data Tools

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud computing vendors are increasingly using Big Data to run their businesses and create offerings that enable customers to apply Big Data techniques.  A Technology Business Review Inc. (TBR) report found that cloud vendors are using Big Data capabilities to