Contributor: Philip Russom
Philip Russom, Ph.D., is director of TDWI Research for data management and oversees many of TDWI’s research-oriented publications, services, and events. Before joining TDWI in 2005, Russom was an industry analyst covering BI at Forrester Research, Giga Information Group, and Hurwitz Group. He also ran his own business as an independent industry analyst and BI consultant and was a contributing editor with leading IT magazines. Before that, Russom worked in technical and marketing positions for various database vendors.
All articles by Philip Russom
The leading 2016 trends included Hadoop adoption, data lakes, and data warehouse modernization. In 2017 we'll see new activity around the SQL-ization of Hadoop, orchestrated data hubs, and managing IoT sensor data.
- By Philip Russom
- December 16, 2016
Big data presents significant business opportunities when leveraged properly. When poorly governed or managed, big data presents significant business and technology risks.
- By Philip Russom
- December 2, 2016
In some emerging best practices, a free-form data lake implemented on Hadoop complements a structured relational data warehouse.
- By Philip Russom
- November 3, 2016
New practices such as self-service data prep, exploration, and discovery don't work well (or at all) without new ways of making data more accessible.
- By Philip Russom
- September 14, 2016
To overcome barriers and get started with big data and Hadoop, you need the right business case, the right training, and a good starting point.
- By Philip Russom
- June 30, 2016
Evolving approaches to analytics and data management are driving users toward the data lake as a new way of managing certain data.
- By Philip Russom
- June 10, 2016