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Big Data: Making the Federal Government More Efficient

By Dick Weisinger

The application of Big Data to improve the workings of the federal government could potentially reduce spending by as much as 10 percent, say 83 percent of federal IT managers in a survey taken by TechAmerica and sponsored by SAP.

Big Data: Businesses Increasingly Pilot Big Data Projects

By Dick Weisinger

Over 75 percent of mid to large-size companies plan to adopt Big Data solutions over the next year, according to a survey sponsored by Microsoft.  62 percent of the companies interviewed store more than 100 terabytes of data, while nearly

Big Data: Exposing Value in Data with Big Analytics

By Dick Weisinger

IDC estimates that the Big Data marketplace is growing at a rate of 32 percent, seven times faster than the entire information and communication technology market, and will reach $23.8 billion in 2016.  Similarly, Gartner estimated Big Data business to

Big Data: Sizing the Big Data Market 2013-2016

By Dick Weisinger

The size of the Big Data market is growing annually at a rate of 31.7 percent and is expected to reach $23.8 billion by 2016, according to IDC.  But that doesn’t include some market segments like analytics and SaaS products.

Enterprise Businesses: Venture Capitalists Focus on Enterprise Software in 2013

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses focused exclusively on consumers are losing favor with investors.  2013 is shaping up to be a year where businesses focused on enterprise software will do well.  Peter Cohan of Young Entrepreneur reports that consumer businesses like Facebook, Groupon, and