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Open Data: A shift from Big Data to Big Insight

By Dick Weisinger

Rapid changes in technology have led to many unexpected changes in our world.  2011 was a year where technology gave a voice to traditionally suppressed people.  Social tools like Twitter and Facebook have provided tools that let people to communicate

Data Analytics: Investment in Better Data == 'Low-Hanging Fruit'

By Dick Weisinger

“The cost of increasing effective data is relatively minor compared to the substantial returns doing so can bring.”  That’s the result of a study sponsored by Sybase and conducted by the University of Texas at Austin and the Indian School

Big Data: Help Wanted: Need More Data Scientists

By Dick Weisinger

Both the hardware and software technologies are evolving at a rapid pace, increasingly making it possible to perform ‘Big Data’ analysis , but there is a fairly big gap in the number of trained technologists who are productively able use the

Big Data: Investments Flow into the Next Big Thing

By Dick Weisinger

Analysts seem to agree that the stars are aligning for Big Data.  Nearly every end-of-year list of predictions for the direction of IT in 2012 includes Big Data. James Kobielus, Forrester analyst, wrote on his blog that “Big data was

Big Data: Best Practices for Building Competency with Hadoop

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data platforms based on Hadoop and MapReduce technology are becoming increasingly popular.  But how can this organizations most effectively use them? James G. Kobielus, senior analyst at Forrester Research, recommends in the report “Enterprise Hadoop Best Practices: Concrete Guidelines