Tag: Big Data

Feed: Actian. Author: Traci Curran. The topic of data integration has been around forever. Before we used technology to manage data, we integrated data in manual ways. At the time, we needed to integrate simple data structures such as customer data with purchase data. As the industry progressed, we have gone from managing flat data files and integrations to using applications to creating databases and data warehouses that automates the integration of data. The early data sources were few compared to today, with information technology supporting almost everything that we do. Data is everywhere and captured in many formats. Managing ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Prolay Ghosh. Introduction: This article can help companies to step into the Hadoop world, move an existing Hadoop strategy into profitability or production status. Though they may lack functionality to which we have become accustomed, scale-out file systems that can handle modern levels of complex data are here to stay. Hadoop is the epitome of the scale-out file system. Although it has been pivoted a few times, it’s simple file system (HDFS) persists, and an extensive ecosystem has built up around it. While there used to be little overlap between Hadoop ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Nirav Parmar. Big Data is trending right now, but how does it change the eCommerce industry? Let’s understand in detail.  eCommerce is booming, and consumer’s data has become a lifeline for online stores. A huge volume of data is generated by the eCommerce industry when it comes to customer patterns and purchasing habits. It is projected that by 2025, the digital universe of data will reach 175 zettabytes, a 61 percent increase. It includes e-commerce - tracking shoppers' activities, their locations, web browser histories, and abandoned shopping carts.  Modern tech such ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Ryan Williamson. The finance industry generates a huge amount of data. Did you know big data in finance refers to the petabytes of structured and unstructured information that helps anticipate customer behaviors and create strategies that support banks and financial institutions? The structured information managed within an organization enables providing key decision-making insights. The unstructured information offers significant analytical opportunities across multiple sources leads that leads to increasing volumes. The world generates a staggering 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every single day! Seeing the abundance of data we generate, most businesses ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Evan Morris. Data has gained relevance in almost every sphere of business activity. In this article, we will discuss the key aspects of how data influences the digital marketing space. You perhaps have not yet realized that data bears the capability to guide the strategic efforts of marketing. With data, marketers can understand their target audience to run personalized campaigns.  During the last few years, big data has gained importance as the business world shifted to a digital environment.  Today, all businesses need to understand what Big Data is and how ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Aileen Scott. Big data in human resource management refers to the use of several data sources to evaluate and improve practices including recruitment, training and development, performance, compensation, and end-to-end business performance. It has attracted the attention of human resource professionals who can analyze huge amounts of data to answer important questions regarding employee productivity, the impact of training on business performance, employee attrition, and much more. Using sophisticated HR software that gives robust data analytics professionals can make smarter and more accurate decisions. In this article, let’s dive further and ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Elice Max. Marketers are now using data-driven analysis and approaches to utilize accurate research data for their marketing campaigns. Not every data and its digging strategy is relevant and accurate enough to be adopted by a company. The question is how to avoid unauthentic data driving techniques and data blunders.  “Data is the new oil for IT industry” What does big data comprise? IMG Source: Researchgate.net Volume Velocity Variety Veracity These four V interprets data quality in terms of its quantity, certainty, and categories.  What is the data-driven marketplace and what ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Muhammad Touhidul Islam.                                                               Image source: Data Science BlogCan data especially big data be considered as the new gold? Considering the pace at which data is evolving all across the globe, there is little question. Big data contains huge information and we can extract them by performing big data analysis. Consider the following:  Netflix saves $1 billion per year on customer retention ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Daniel Coelho. This blog post has been co-authored by Bhanu Prakash, Principal Program Manager, Azure Databricks. We are now announcing the general availability of the Apache Spark 3.0 compatible Apache Spark Connector for SQL Server and Azure SQL, accessible through Maven. The Spark 3.0 compatible connector went into preview early this year. Since then, we have seen tremendous customer adoption and received helpful customer feedback. Over the last few months, after incorporating enhancements and bug fixes to the connector, we are now excited about the general availability of this connector so that customers can expand their usage ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Aliha Tanveer. Can data be considered as the new gold? Considering the pace at which data is evolving all across the globe, there is little question. Consider the following:  Netflix saves $1 billion per year on customer retention only by utilizing big data. Being the highest shareholder of the search engines market, Google faces 1.2 trillion searches every year, with more than 40,000 search queries every second! Additionally, among all the google searches. 15% of those are new and are never typed before, leading to the fact that a new set of ... Read More