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Transactional Safeguards: An ACID and BASE Primer

NoSQL technologies were developed to address the scaling and availability issues unique to Web application development. We explore the ACID vs. BASE dilemma for enterprises.

Logical Data [Warehouse] Architecture

What will tomorrow's information enterprise look like? One proposed architecture is the logical data warehouse, or LDW. The "D" in LDW might be something of a misnomer, however.

From Waterfall to Agile: Three Lessons Learned

Learn from real-life experiences of switching from waterfall-style development to completely agile analytics.

Data Digest Mar 21 2016

Properly securing your cloud migration, plus why open source software might be more secure than private software and Hadoop best practices.

Learning to Lose Control

Organizations must recognize when an overly restrictive governance regimen is an impediment to innovation -- particularly to innovation that has the potential to accelerate business intelligence or analytical development.

Data Digest: Focus on Data Quality and Data Integration

Tips for combating poor data quality, how enterprises can justify their use of data integration tools, and how to get the best insight from your data.

Big Data Management Comes of Age

Several start-ups market products designed to address the lack of data management features for big data platforms. For example, Diyotta provides a scalable architecture for big data integration including old-world enterprise amenities such as metadata management.

Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning (Part 3 in a Series)

Will a new website visitor be a good customer? We look at two approaches to creating an analytical model that can help you answer that question.