Big Data News & Articles

Big data is only so much noise if you don't do anything with it. And with many people speculating about the looming lack of data scientists, the time might be right to go into that field. Which is what Think Big Analytics has done, now with the help of US$ 3 million in funding for its Big Data consultancy firm.

If it happens to me, it happens to you. You type the URL of a business that you e-frequent into your browser and watch the site load. The content that shows up on the landing page is generic, and it doesn’t offer you anything that you don’t already own or have decided not to buy. 

IBM has announced the acquisition of Star Analytics, which in turn will give IBM more specialized and more efficient big data collection and analytics tools. 

Watson is going to college. That is, IBM’s Watson, as in the digital youngster that showed carbon-based Jeopardy champions you don’t need to be human to provide answers in the form of questions -- and to win on that venerable quiz show.

Could big data be hiding big clues about security threats? IBM thinks so, and it announced this week a new Security Intelligence with Big Data initiative.

Attunity, an enterprise software solution company has released an updated version of their Attunity RepliWeb for Enterprise File Replication (EFR) product. With this release Attunity has enabled the EFR to replicate data files to, from and between the Apache Hadoop analytics platform.

The Customer Life Cycle Experience belongs to everyone and no one. Every person within an organization who comes in contact with a customer is responsible for carrying the torch of customer service. And if you listen real close, your analytics can tell you what the customer wants. These and other insights were among those shared with us during this month's Tweet Jam.

Conversational marketing technology provider, Neolane, has released a new version of its Neolane Marketing Analytics product. With this update, the company has increased a marketer’s ability to understand big data and analytics, so they can better connect with customers.

For the last quarter of the year, IBM has announced a set of results that should keep investors happy, if not ecstatic. This is the end of Ginni Rometty's first year at the helm, a year in which IBM made record earnings and in which the first step of a five year transition plan has been put into place.

A report by Yesmail surveyed 700 marketers at two large conferences last October, and the resulting analysis found marketers are pretty much in the same boat as everyone else on big data. They have lots of information, but don't quite know how to make it sing.

It’s been a slow start this year in terms of predictions and lists. Normally at this stage in January we have to stop looking at them. There are many possible reasons why this year is different, the most likely reason however could be the economic uncertainty and how businesses will deal with it this year. That said, Gartner has still been able to identity a top ten digital technology wish-list for 2013.

The Future of Digital Marketing
Have a look at what these CMO's had to say about the future of digital marketing. Hint, it's about data and breaking down silos.

Need tips for improving the customer experience? Think super fans and destination spots.

If you are wondering how organizations are faring in Customer Experience, check out Forrester's Customer Experience Index.

Your Big Data Strategy
You know you need one, so consider these 5 recommendations for your big data strategy. And remember, the data savvy digital marketer will own 2013.

SharePoint in Your Organization
SharePoint 2013 has a new business model you need to consider before you dive in. But maybe you are happy with SharePoint 2010. If that's the case, here are 3 steps to a great SharePoint Intranet.

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If you haven’t yet heard much about Hortonworks, the youngest of the three primary commercial vendors that develop, distribute and support Enterprise-grade Apache Hadoop, pay attention.

Web-based business intelligence provider, LogiXML has released the newest version of its information platform, Logi Info v11.

Big Data, it seems, has reached the main stream. Everyone’s talking about it and everyone’s wondering whether they should do it, according to new research from IBM. But it remains to be seen whether businesses and business decision makers really understand what Big Data actually is, or how to develop a strategy get the most of it.