One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

We are fortunate to live in an exciting time where multiple technological leaps are occurring. Specifically, I am thinking of the mobile industry transition from 4G to 5G, and the cross-industry IT ...

Businesses are struggling with the rapidly increasing volume, speed and variety of information being generated today – what's come to be known as big data. Companies are seeking technologies that not ...

A business cannot compete successfully and effectively in the changing online economy by proclaiming a “Big Data strategy” that is confined to its own universe (its own site, content, and users). It’s ...

“You can’t handle the truth.” We all remember Jack Nicholson’s iconic words in A Few Good Men as a seminal moment in pop culture. Yet, that statement has a lot of relevance for companies and their ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 3 — BlueData, the pioneer in Big Data private clouds, today announced a technology preview of the Tachyon in-memory distributed storage system as a new option for the ...

As AI continues to dominate the technology landscape, the data underlying the information these artificial intelligence solutions train on is under more scrutiny than ever. Here, data professionals ...

We don't much care for big government using big data to monitor phone calls; and we worry about how many big data databases we may be in and for what purposes. In fact, by 2020, according to and EMC ...

As businesses realize the importance of big data, adoption is on the rise. A recent survey from NewVantage Partners found that 62.5% of firms now have at least one big data project in production. But ...

One implication of ubiquitous sensing as evidenced by the rapid growth of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is the explosive increase in data being collected. This data comes from myriad sources: According ...

The availability of big data analytical tools for use in cardiovascular practice and research will grow rapidly Big data analytical applications, such as predictive models for patient risk and ...

The use of big data in social media can be a game changer if you have the ability to design consumer preferences that will attract clients and lead to sales. There are several ways you can apply big ...