A new survey finds the majority of enterprises use analytics, but a lack of skilled employees and management sponsorship are impeding progress with the technology.
                    
			            - By James E. Powell
 - October 28, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Results of a survey by IT industry association CompTIA shows that enterprises recognize data as a corporate asset and understand the benefits of managing and exploiting big data.
                    
			            - By James E. Powell
 - October 22, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Composite used to market data virtualization as "the logical next step." The conceptual vision Cisco outlined recently is both logical and bold. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 22, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Text analytics is more than just sentiment analysis.  Text analytics is being used to enable churn analysis, fraud detection, risk analysis, warranty analysis, medical research, and other non-traditional use cases.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - October 22, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM engineer Sam Lightstone, who works in next-generation analytics, talks about the growing power of data and where he sees big data and analytics headed. 
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
 - October 22, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Knowing how to release strategic information will help an IT department market more effectively to its in-house customers and raise its value to the enterprise.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM distinguished engineer Sam Lightstone discusses the challenges and opportunities offered by big data. 
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
 - October 15, 2013