Data Science
While the field of data science is not tied directly to Big Data, advances in one tends to produce advances in the other. Big Data increases our ability to harvest and process data, while data science allows us to dig into it for insights.

Is Fog Computing the Future of The Cloud?
The IoT already produces massive amounts of data. It’s time to start dealing with it. Is Fog and Edge Computing inevitable? What happens when the cloud isn’t enough? This is a modern problem if there ever was one. Experts are saying 2016 will mark the rise of a new system:

Why Your Data Scientist Isn’t Being More Inventive
You probably had some big ideas in mind when you first started thinking about adopting big data solutions for your business. There’s usually a tinge of excitement when it comes to big data, and business owners are eager to tap into all its potential. Hiring a qualified data science team

Hadoop and Spark: A Match Made in (Big Data) Heaven
If you listen in on what people are talking about at Big Data conferences, chances are you’ll hear a lot of buzz around Hadoop and Spark. People often think of Hadoop and Apache Spark as key tools for tackling a wide range of big data challenges, but they assume that

Top 10 TV Shows for Data Enthusiasts
How many hours do you think the world spends watching TV per day? Well, it’s a lot, we are sure of that, especially given the popular growth of Netflix! According to eMarketer, in 2015, American adults spent a daily average of 5.5 hours with video content. In addition, a recent

Are you taking control of your data or is it controlling you?
In spite of the fact that the term “360-degree view of the customer” has become ubiquitous in the data management and CRM realm for quite some time, it is still quite rare to find a company that has achieved it. The same problems that have plagued companies for years, blocking

The games industry’s shift to deep data
When it comes to collecting customer data, the games industry is in a unique and enviable position. Unlike other sectors where customer data is often incomplete, games makers and marketers can access a wealth of live data about every single one of their players. But it wasn’t always so. Games

Data Tracking In The Workplace: Is Big Data Hurting Employees?
The common usage cases for big data and employees usually stops at HR and recruiting. However, recent news has sparked interest in the dark uses of data in the workplace. Until recently, the biggest concern about data collection was whether Target would find out you were pregnant, or you would

3 Reasons Why People, Not Robots, Are Key to Data Science
In the future imagined by science fiction, artificial intelligence will reign supreme and take over pretty much everything humans can do. Frankly this sci-fi vision isn’t helpful when it comes to applying technology because it distracts us from thinking about what people do well and what advanced techniques such as

Smoke Signals Coming From Your Hadoop Cluster
As Hadoop gains traction among companies of all sizes, many are discovering that getting a cluster to run optimally is a daunting task. In fact, it’s impossible for any human to respond in real time to all the changing conditions across multiple nodes to fix problems causing bottlenecks or performance

Get Your Data Privacy Act Together; the EU Has Reached a Consensus
In politics decision making takes time, especially when there is a lot at stake. In Brussels, home of the European Union, this has been the case for the new EU data protection package. Last June, the EU Civil Liberties and Justice Committee (aka LIBE) entered “trilogue” negotiations between the EU