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You Are What You Analyze - Selecting a Chief Analytics Officer

The simplistic model of an enterprise was that of collection of business processes. Those that executed processes efficiently with the fewest people did better than those that did not. The IT industry dutifully delivered to this metric by...

Big Data Performance Anxiety and Data Grids

In Memory Data Grid (IMGD) is a data structure that is being increasingly cited as a solution to the problem of scaling big data applications. Unlike in-memory applications, IMGDs distribute only the data across RAM over multiple servers. With...

Mindset over Data Set - Sand Hill Big Data Study

“Meeting adjourned!” the chairman announces. In one swift move, I’m out of my chair and walking toward the door ahead of the other board members when I hear my name, and there’s no mistaking that voice.