Apache Hadoop: A cheat sheet
Hadoop is a popular open-source distributed storage and processing framework. This primer about the framework covers commercial solutions, Hadoop on the public cloud, and why it matters for business.
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Image: IBM Big Data IBM Watson: A cheat sheet
This comprehensive guide covers how the IBM Watson data analytics processor works, and how it helps customers in various industries make critical decisions.
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Image: iStock/SergeyNivens Big Data Predictive analytics: A cheat sheet
IBM Watson is the most well-known example of predictive analytics in use. If your company wants to benefit from predictive analytics, here's what you need to know.
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Image: SAP Cloud SAP HANA: The smart person’s guide
Have you been considering a database migration to SAP's HANA database management system? Here's everything you need to know about it.
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Image: Teena Maddox/TechRepublic Internet of Things How Hershey used IoT to save $500K for every 1% of improved efficiency in making Twizzlers
Find out how Hershey leveraged the Internet of Things, cloud computing, machine learning, and big data to regulate production at its factories, without hiring a data scientist.
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Image: iStock Big Data Big data privacy is a bigger issue than you think
When it comes to privacy, big data analysts have a responsibility to users to be transparent about data collection and usage. Here are ways to allay users' concerns about privacy and big data.
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Image: IBM Big Data IBM launches IBM Machine Learning cognitive platform for the private cloud
IBM Machine Learning leverages parts of Watson to help train and deploy analytics models in the private cloud, to first be used with the IBM z System Mainframe.
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Image: iStockphoto/marcogarrincha Big Data RethinkDB is dead, and MongoDB isn’t what killed it
RethinkDB hit the skids, but not because MongoDB. Instead, the cloud is to blame.
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Image: iStock/kaisaya Big Data 5 things IT leaders can learn from the big data market
IT decision makers don't have to start from scratch when it comes to analytics. Find out some analytics best practices for small, midsize, and large businesses.
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Image: iStockphoto/seewhatmitchsee Big Data IBM Watson gets a big data boost with open source CognizeR extension
IBM Watson and Columbus Collaboratory recently partnered on CognizeR, an open-source R extension that lets data scientists using R more easily use Watson tools.
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Big Data NoSQL keeps rising, but relational databases still dominate big data
Even though MongoDB and Cassandra keep winning converts, enterprises are keeping their RDBMSes around, and will do so for quite some time.
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Image: iStock/iSergey Big Data Data lakes: Cheat sheet
A data lake is a set of unstructured information that you assemble for analysis. Deciding which information to put in the lake, how to store it, and what to make of it are the hard parts.
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Image: Carnegie Mellon University Big Data The 20 best schools to study big data analytics
Big data analytics is one of the fastest growing fields in enterprise technology. Here are the best places to study in the field.
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Image: iStock/robuart Big Data Why your data analysis may be doomed from the start
A measurement error will undermine the good efforts of your data science team and exacerbate quality problems. Learn how to eliminate or reduce these errors.
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Image: iStock/weerapatkiatdumrong Big Data The secret ingredients for making Hadoop an enterprise tool
A Gartner survey on Hadoop is encouraging, says Andrew Brust, given that it's not fully in the hands of enterprise users. Here's what he thinks can change that.