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Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: cindy-russell. It seems that we’re reaching the point where the Internet of Things (IoT) is moving from the domain of enthusiastic early-adopters to the more challenging, more profitable territory of mainstream enterprise technology.In particular, companies in industries that depend on the attention and loyalty of large numbers of consumers – retail and air travel, for example –have already woken up to the possibilities. If you can recognize an individual customer’s mobile device as they move through an airport or walk past your store, you can potentially take action to improve that ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: chris-gillar. If you read a lot of development blogs nowadays, you’ll probably notice a common theme: developers don’t want to deal with databases. They want to focus on designing, building, testing, and deploying applications that deliver value to the business as quickly as possible.Because of this, developers often instinctively reach for whichever database platform minimizes the amount of time needed to design a schema, and allows them to get started fast. Focusing on the speed of development and the ability to “fail fast” is commendable, but this approach doesn’t ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: marc-haber. A decade ago, information governance was dictated and enacted by a select group of people. Today, while the principles of information governance are largely owned by the same select group of people, everyone has a hand and shared responsibility in the enactment and fulfillment of governance. Whether it is through quality assessment, monitoring and reviewing usage, adherence to policies and rules or engagement on the annotation and structuring of data. The data owner, architect or developer are usually most familiar with this information, and are therefore responsible for ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: matthias-funke. Big data isn’t just getting bigger. It’s getting more valuable. As companies work to unlock more value from their data, one of the biggest challenges to address is disconnected data silos. Big companies don’t have one data lake, they have data lakes, ponds and pools.  Business data can span multiple environments, from the public cloud, servers tied to regional operations, databases in desktop environments and even the lowly spreadsheet attachment. It also exists in various copies and versions across the several repositories involved in supporting the business, creating an analytic ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: nancy-kopp. No matter what site you search, it’s seems to us that self-service data is a top trend in the data market today. The knowledge and insight that we can obtain from data can truly be a secret weapon. But the challenge is making the data available while maintaining accountability and governance.In the early days of data warehousing and business intelligence we advised  businesses on the value of data but that value was limited to only a few key analysts, quants and executives. It’s a game changer if you ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: aylee-nielsen. Recently, I had the honor of speaking with a number of the world’s most influential thought-leaders in the fields of data science, data analytics, machine learning and digital transformation. This group of prominent data technologists was more than happy to answer a wide variety of question on topics ranging from the fast-evolving area of unified governance and preparing for General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) to transformative hybrid data management technologies, and of course, data science and machine learning.Join this incredible group of experts at Fast Track You Data – ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: dez-blanchfield. Dez Blanchfield talks with Data Scientist & author Lillian Pierson about our Fast Track Your Data 2017 event in Munich, sharing general thoughts on the key themes and topics, in particular how organizations can secure their competitive advantage with machine learning.Dez and Lillian discuss Unicorns & Data Scientists, the practice of Data Science & Analytics, the rapidly emerging value of Machine Learning, challenges around Hybrid Data Management and Cloud, the need for ever increasing visibility and controls around Data Security and Unified Governance, and much much more. Whether ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: dinesh-nirmal. Smart companies are finding new ways to squeeze more value out of their massive data storehouses. They’re unlocking insights from their data that build new business models, improve customer experiences and outpace competitors. So where do these business-changing insights come from? Data doesn’t interpret itself. A table of numbers won’t arrange themselves in a pattern that spells out “here’s what your customers really want.” We look to data scientists to find meaning and value—and those insights can fuel transformation across your business.  Data science itself is undergoing rapid transformation ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: pat-osullivan. Perhaps one the single most significant changes to the analytics landscape in recent years had been the emergence of the data scientist. This role is continuing to evolve, with many organizations still in the process of establishing how best to incorporate this relatively new discipline into their ongoing operations. The attitude towards such newly-formed data scientist teams will depend a lot on the inherent culture of the organization and on the skill set and ability of the personnel in these data scientist teams. Factors influencing the role of ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub - All Content. Author: seth-dobrin. Are you dealing with information that belongs to EU subjects? Does your company have a “Data Protection Officer”? If the answer the first question is yes and the answer to the second is no, then the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) probably applies to you, and you might not be prepared to comply. That’s ok. There’s still time. But first… What is the GDPR?  The GDPR is the biggest change in data privacy in Europe in two decades. It’s a complex and far-reaching regulation, comprising many duties and ... Read More