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What benefits can my company expect to receive from working with Big data?

With all the media attention focused on the growth of Big Data, hardly any mention is being given to WHY big data is important and what companies can do with this data to turn it into information. Can...

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What is the best kind of storage to use on servers that run Hadoop?

I've read that there are problems getting Hadoop to work with SANs because the data access isn't as fast as DAS (direct-attached storage) . Is there any truth to this rumor? I wanted to start a small...

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How do I start to prepare my company for the big data trend?

There's a lot of hype around big data.  Where's the best place to start in order to position my company to take advantage of the technologies when the tools, best practices, and skills are available?

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Is "big data" just duplicating existing data warehousing and analytics...

The departure of the head of our IT dept had generated much discussion about the office about bringing in someone with “big data” experience as a replacement and using the opportunity to upgrade the...

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How are companies actually utilizing business analytics?

We are all familiar with the basics of business analytics solutions, but I am curious as to the most effective uses of business analytics in actual practice. How has it been put to best use as a tool...

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How is Hadoop able to provide such high capacity at lower costs than other...

What is it that is so different about Hadoop that allows it to keep cost per terabyte of hard disk capacity so much cheaper than other NoSQL processing platforms?read more

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How likely are businesses to use DataSift for data analysis, and how useful...

DataSift, the British data analysis company, is opening up shop in San Francisco. They analyze twitter traffic in real time to track with people are saying about client companies or products. What do...

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We hear a lot about Hadoop but is it really ready for prime time when there...

Hadoop gets lots of press attention, but has it really surpassed and superseded existing systems like LexisNexis' HPCC? HPCC services seems to be much more usable in a business environment, and it is...

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Can HP's "information optimization" actually analyze the information that is...

HP is launching "Next Generation Information Platform: IDOL 10", apparently making use of Autonomy, the software company HP bought not too long ago for $11.7 billion.  HP basically claims that only 15%...

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How do you find and recruit the most talented data scientists?

What is the central skill set that you should look for in a data scientist? Obviously you need a mathematician, or at least someone with an advanced mathematics background, but what are the attributes...

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What is keeping big data from being effectively utilized by business in their...

Only 1/3 of companies are making their business decisions by informed use of Big Data, according to an EMC Data Science Study.read more

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How good is text analytics software at analyzing on-line posts to measure...

How much value have you found in the use of text analytics software (software that analyzes posts in social media to gauge attitudes and opinions about your company)? Is it effective in understanding...

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Marketing Federal Government Contracts - Tribal Government Firms

It is an unknown premise that it is both appropriate and necessary to use the Federal Government's massive procurement activity to help jump-start reservation economies via Tribally-Owned business...

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Is it possible to do accurate predictive modeling in-house, or does it...

Data analytics has been a great way for us to gain insight into our customers behavior, but it doesn't really tell us what they will do in the future. We are discussing a predictive modeling project,...

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Is it still worthwhile to consider a multidimensional database?

With the advent of relational databases, is there still a place for MDDBs in data warehousing today, or is that considered obsolete technology?

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How to determine keywords for SEO since Google made all organic searches secure?

It used to be simple to determine keywords through Google Analytics, but since they changed search to make all searches secure (https://) much of what you get is “(not provided.)” in a search query...

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Top tools for managing real-time data streams

Who's using a tool they like for managing their content streams?  I'd also like a list of the top ones I should look at (or any newcomers to the market).  For example, I just came across "spundge" ....

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What is role of centre of excellence in any IT company.

I got an offer from a decent company for centre of excellence in data warehousing role. Will I get client projects and onsite opportunities. What are career prospects and how are the learning...

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Need for training in Big Data technologies

I am a traditional Data warehouse practitioner for more than 10 years. With the advent of Hadoop and NoSQL, is it imperative to get trained on the new Big Data technologies? I am based in India.

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