The typical argument for in-memory analytics: decreasing memory costs make it eventually cheap enough to put all data in memory. But the other side of the equation to decreasing memory costs is the increasing size of data. And data volumes are growing faster than memory is getting cheaper, Stephen Brobst of Teradata writes in this opinion article. Read More…
ORLANDO—Effective presentations of business intelligence insights rely on good business processes and strong data and project management practices. Those were lessons from two of the more interesting user presentations at the Information Builders Summit held here June 3 through 7 Read More…
Land O’ Lakes saw an opportunity to create a software product that would help growers buy the best seeds, and help its WinField unit and partners sell them to farmers. CIO Barry Libenson recounts the process that led to the analytics system’s implementation and rollout. Read More…
An in-memory data grid uses intelligent, distributed caching to let applications meet requirements of performance, availability, reliability, and elastic scale. Such a system can be a boon to analytics systems and other applications that require fast access to data, writes Christina Wong of Red Hat in this opinion article.
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Data projects have traditionally started in IT or by line-of-business managers looking to get ahead. But now that data is more often viewed as a valuable asset, C-suite executives are proposing and sponsoring big data projects more regularly, according to Read More…
Mascara was big for L’Oréal USA in 2012. Mega Plus, the latest addition to the Volum’Express mascara line, sold several million units. Combined with new eye shadow and lipstick product launches in L’Oréal’s biggest market, Mega Plus made the French Read More…
A critical shortcoming of electronic health records is that they can’t hold and analyze much of the ancillary data like lab and imaging test results that health care experts need in a timely fashion. Researchers at the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) network are working to address this problem. Read More…
The explosive growth of data can help companies better target customers and identify top talent, among other uses, hoarding can degrade the effectiveness of data-driven processes and impede employee productivity. HR leaders can help organizations cope. Read More…
Marketers are looking to get the right message in front of the right person at the right time—and use data to do it. What if you had a suite of software that did all the heavy lifting, from data quality Read More…
It’s popular in today’s big data hype cycle to focus on newer forms of data like user behavior data from websites and sentiment data from social media. But Shep Parke, the managing principal of markets and strategy at GrowthOps, said Read More…
