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James Staten

Hidden DevOps-to-Cloud Flaws

Your DevOps team is linked to the cloud. But are they meeting your corporate security or WAN performance standards? Time to call in your network engineers.»
Gary Cokins

The Future of Information: Revealed

From DNA testing to real-time sports analysis, here's how information management will impact individuals.»
Steve Miller

Big Data Until the Cows Come Home

Strata + Hadoop World is in the books. Here's what I saw, heard and learned -- including a most compelling keynote from Microsoft.»
Brian Hopkins

Big Data: Welcome to Awkward Teen Years

It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement, but then I remember to swallow a reality pill.»
Tony Cosentino

Process Trumps Innovation in Analytics

The idea of not focusing on innovation is heretical in today’s business culture. But it's time to look at things differently.»
Dan Bieler

Who Owns Your Big Data?

Your customers -- users themselves -- must remain the ultimate owner of their own data.»
Gene Leganza

Greetings, Chief Data Officers

Information management roles are changing fast. Evolution or apocalypse?»

15 Chief Data Officer Job Requirements

Whether you're a chief data officer (CDO) or a company preparing to hire a CDO -- here are 15 core job requirements a data chief needs to tackle.

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17 BI & Analytics Requirements: Gartner Magic Quadrant

How can you choose the most ideal business intelligence and analytics platform? Gartner Magic Quadrant research recommends that you closely examine BI platforms that offer these 17 technology capabilities.

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Big Data: 14 Requirements for Real-Time Analytics

To build a successful real-time business analytics system, you'll likely need an in-memory database plus several other core technologies. Here's a look at each potential piece of a real-time analytics solution.

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10 Chief Data Officer (CDO) Career Trends

Why are chief data officers (CDOs) in high demand -- and how will they change the data management conversation? Here are 10 key CDO takeaways from a recent survey.

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10 Phrases That Kill Big Data Projects

These 10 phrases can undermine or kill big data projects – especially in organizations where emerging chief data officers (CDOs) face entrenched, risk-averse leaders who fear change.

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10 Best Paying Big Data Career Skills

Big data and cloud experts earned the best U.S. technology paychecks in 2014, according to Dice.com’s 2014 salary survey results. But which 10 technology skill sets deliver those big salaries? Here are the top 10.

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10 Worldwide IT Spending Forecast Trends for 2015

Analyze Gartner's IT industry forecast, and here's how CIOs and chief data officers will likely spend their budgets in 2015.

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10 Internet of Things (IoT) Trends & Considerations

Key IoT definitions, market forecasts, potential standards and challenges facing CIOs, chief data officers (CDOs) and data scientists.

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10 Big Data Experts to Know

Which executives, entrepreneurs and experts are shaping the Big Data market? Information Management tracks the names and personalities you need to know. Here’s our latest update.

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10 Business Analytics Predictions for 2015

Where is the business analytics industry heading in 2015? The International Institute of Analytics offers up these 10 potential trends to watch.

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25 Must-Read Books for IT Leaders in 2015

What will the Society for Information Management’s members be reading in 2015? Here we present the complete list along with a little insight into what you can expect to learn from each book.

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8 Hadoop Big Data Predictions for 2015

Where is Hadoop, the open source Big Data platform, heading in 2015? Forrester offers eight predictions.

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Top 10 Tech Security Incidents of 2014

The biggest hacks, security breaches, malware and IT nightmares of 2014, according to Continuum.

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Top 10 CIO Priorities for 2015

Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) conducts a survey to identify the top policy and technology issues facing state government. The resulting list is particularly interesting, especially when compared/contrasted to corporate CIO priorities.

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Top 9 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2015

How will cloud computing evolve in 2015? Here are the key trends you'll need to track across private cloud, hybrid clouds and public clouds, according to Forrester Research.

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Are Chief Data Officers (CDOs) A Short-term Fix?

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Talent, Budget and ROI Questions Hinder IT Progress

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App Users' Top 3 Usability Demands

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Will Apple Watch Become Global, Big Data Sensor Network?

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Apple ResearchKit: Big Data Meets Medical Research on iOS

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Ubiquitous Insights? Advanced, Pervasive and Invisible Analytics

March 12, 2015
What's the Big (Data) Idea? Cool Solution Showcase

February 26, 2015
Rise (and Assimilation?) of the Analytics Databases

February 12, 2015
None of Your Business! Is Privacy Really Dead?

January 29, 2015
Hail to the Chiefs! Meet the CDO, CAO and CSO

January 15, 2015
Year in Review: The Biggest Developments of 2014

December 18, 2014
Exaggerated Rumors? Will We Finally Put ETL to REST?

December 11, 2014
Tell Us How You Really Feel -- The State of Sentiment Analysis

December 4, 2014
A Model for Success -- Data Modeling in a World of Big Data

November 13, 2014

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“ "It’s easy to get caught up in the [big data] excitement, but then I remember to swallow a reality pill." ”

—Brian Hopkins, "Big Data: Welcome to Awkward Teen Years" »

The Consumption Mindset: Turning Analytics into Action

Analytics teams run the risk of spending too much time assimilating data and performing analytics (bricks) but not enough effort in translating this to actionable recommendations (edifices).

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How Healthy Is Your Decision Supply Chain?

Instead of coping with data, you need to convert that data into better business decisions. That's where an effective decision supply chain enters the picture.