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Business intelligence software maker Jaspersoft polled 600 community members on their organizations’ use of big data, and found some interesting patterns in the sector.
Featured BlogsHeat maps use cell size and color to display complex information in an intelligible way. Aside from just looking cool, the heat map is one of the most useful and powerful data-analysis tools available in business intelligence.
Blogs, Featured BlogsIn computer software the use of Lego bricks is often used as a metaphor for building systems with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) components as discussed for example in this article called Can SOA and architecture really be described with ‘Lego blocks’?
Featured BlogsIn a recent interview, Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs, predicted “horrible problems” with the use of cloud computing over the next five years.
Featured Blogs“Democratization” is the kind of buzzword one expects from politicians, not open source software developers. Yet democratizing Big Data has become the latest focus of Talend, according to the company’s recent announcement of its collaboration with the Google Cloud Platform Partner Program. Here’s the scoop, and what it could mean for businesses large and small with an interest in managing Big Data.
Blogs, Featured BlogsAs Apache Hadoop has risen in visibility and ubiquity we’ve seen a lot of other technologies and vendors put forth as replacements for some or all of the Hadoop stack. Recently, GigaOM listed eight technologies that can be used to replace HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) in some use cases. HDFS is not without flaws, but I predict a rosy future for HDFS.
Blogs, Featured BlogsCloud computing is obviously here to stay, but that doesn’t mean all of us like the idea of putting our personal data onto what is essentially a shared resource beyond our control. No less a tech icon than Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak expressed his reservations on this topic this weekend.
Featured BlogsMost IT projects require the purchase of software, hardware and training for employees, as well as the occasional support call. This is a fairly standard recipe for most technology implementation success. Data quality initiatives, however, require much more.
Featured BlogsBetween the arrival of both MATE 1.4 and KDE 4.9 and the emergence of SolusOS’ brand-new GNOME Classic on the scene, there’s no denying it’s been an exciting few weeks here in the world of Linux desktops. That, in turn, has made it all the more difficult to witness the identity crisis that has apparently befallen GNOME itself.
Blogs, Featured BlogsI hear a lot about personal clouds these days — so much so that I figured it was a good idea to talk about what they are and the value they may bring.
Featured BlogsWe’re seeing a second wave of social software aimed at a second factor: Focused applications in specific areas of the business and industry verticals.
Featured BlogsLast week, Amazon Web Services’ High I/O Quadruple Extra Large instance in Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) made its debut
Featured BlogsFor small to mid-size businesses, the cloud represents opportunities to level the playing field with larger companies with tremendous IT assets.
Featured BlogsThe Facebook fallacy is that at its core the Social Network is really an advertising company. The problem is that “Liking” does not translate to “Buying” something.
Here in the world of Linux, with hundreds of distributions to choose from, it seems safe to say that there’s something for just about everyone. Of course, that doesn’t mean we can’t all dream a little. While Linux is famous for its virtually infinite customizability, sometimes we may wish our favorite distro were a little bit different, even if just in some minor way.
Blogs, Featured BlogsBirst, the business intelligence start-up that I first wrote about last fall, is back today with an interesting new capability that combines data that resides in the cloud or on-premise into a single customized view.
Blogs, Featured BlogsWe have to turn our databases inside out. As long as we are only saving (and not using) information, the time and effort we have spent producing and storing it was all for nothing. Read more about these and other findings from our large-screen monitor projects …
Blogs, Featured BlogsLast time, we unveiled the secret of our monitor wall. Today, we’ll go one room further and show you what else you can do with a wall full of on-screen parameters – besides, of course, stealing the show from the PowerPoint people.
Blogs, Featured BlogsActually, we wanted to keep this to ourselves a bit longer. But before someone else copies it and takes all the credit, we’re announcing it now: Peeking through the keyhole is out. Panoramic views are the future way of working in financial controlling…and elsewhere.
Blogs, Featured BlogsE.G. Nadhan at HP picked up on my recent postof the SOA market’s sudden and unexpected burst of growth, and offers an explanation why the practice keeps growing, though invisible or behind the scenes for many people.
Featured BlogsThe Olympics revels in structured data. The games measure thousands of athletes competing in hundreds of events setting countless records. Every contestant in every competition makes his or her mark. And it’s duly noted, often with attendant metadata such as that day’s wind speed or temperature.
This week Forrester Research released its report on Advanced Data Visualization (ADV) vendors. We’re glad to see Tableau ranked #1 according to the 29 criteria defined by Forrester.
Blogs, Featured BlogsITBriefcase.net July Newsletter
Featured Blogs, NewsSo you’ve made a decision on how you want to store, share and collaborate on your content and you’ve made the right one because you went for Alfresco. Now you want to go mobile and use your tablet or your smartphone for what they were intended for so here is a simple guide to help get you up and running with your free Alfresco Mobile app.
Featured BlogsThe Department of Defense has released a cloud computing strategy that will move the organization’s current applications from a “duplicative, cumbersome, and costly set of application silos to an end state designed to create a more agile, secure, and cost-effective service environment that can rapidly respond to changing mission needs
Featured BlogsHuddle, a competitor to Microsoft’s SharePoint software, thought maybe not everyone who currently works for Yammer would want to work for a large corporation such as Microsoft. So they were kind enough to extend job offers to the Yammer employees
David Eaves said the open source development model could benefit from some “simple social hacks” that will enhance cooperation and collaboration among developers. How long have you been so stupid? is not a question, he quipped.
There is no question that one of the biggest challenges for Big Data today is properly filtering and putting to use all of the information that has been collected. Ian Fyfe, VP of big data product marketing at Orlando and San Francisco based Pentaho, outlines below ways in which companies can not only make good use of the information they are collecting, but also capture the full benefit of the data. Read More >>>
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Blogs, Featured BlogsThe Ninth Annual Technology ROI Awards highlight organizations that have successfully leveraged IT deployments to maximize value per dollar spent. Islington Council, which provides parking enforcement and other local government services to the London Borough of Islington, reduced contract costs, reduced staff overhead, and improved customer relations within the first few months of using Logi Info, LogiXML’s flagship BI solution.
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