Click to learn more about author Ariel Amster. Most businesses have a goal to be a data-driven organization. It’s an admirable goal, one that can bring a notable amount of benefits and advantages for any company. In many cases, this emphasis on big data is all part of turning many business processes into automated processes. […]
Big Data’s Role in the Greater Good
Click here to learn more about author Ariel Amster. When people talk about Big Data, often they refer to the massive benefits that stand to be gained by businesses. There’s little doubt that enterprises have taken advantage of Big Data Analytics through things like greater productivity, improved understanding of customers, and innovative product development, but […]
Compliance Challenges and Big Data
Click here to learn more about author Ariel Amster. It’s been said that, “With great power comes great responsibility”. And when it comes to leveraging the power of Big Data, organizations have a responsibility to manage vast stores of sensitive data in order to meet strict compliance rules. But in light of ever growing regulations that govern […]
Will Big Data Lead to Too Much Control
Much of the talk surrounding Big Data relates to its benefits, and to be sure, Big Data has the potential to provide big boosts for all companies and organizations looking to use it. Big Data, however, brings with it lots of questions over how it is currently being used and how it will be used […]
Big Data: Why Insights-as-a-Service?
Click to learn more about author Ariel Amster. One of the great lessons big data is showing us is that, just because a company captures and stores heavy amounts of data, doesn’t mean that data has value. As always, value hinges on context. And the value of big data hinges on a cycle of analysis, […]
Internet of Things: Big Data and Data Security Problems
Click here to learn more about Ari Amster. In many respects, the Internet of Things (IoT) has already arrived. While many experts are predicting extreme growth over the next decade, for all intents and purposes, the IoT isn’t some far-flung concept of the future; we’re living in it right now. Think of all the devices and […]
Are Spark and Hadoop Allies, or Are They Enemies?
Click here to learn more about Ariel Amster. Any discussion about big data and the merits of analytics will in all likelihood eventually involve the topics of Hadoop and Spark. This discussion more than often becomes a debate over which is better. After all, both share similarities in that they are both big data frameworks. Many […]