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Data Digest: Securing Hadoop, Streaming Analytics, and OpenStack Pros and Cons

Five steps for putting data at the center of your Hadoop defenses, plus the basics of streaming analytics and the benefits and drawbacks of OpenStack.

• August 13, 2015

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: “Mobile Technology and Its Influence on Life” by Rudy Wilson, AT&T that leads Advertising and Brand Management.

September 18th: “Disruptive Data Science – Transforming Your Company into a Data Science-Driven Enterprise” Charles Yorek, Big Data Strategist at Pivotal

• August 12, 2015

September 17, 2015 : TDWI South Florida Chapter Q3 meeting featuring Stephen Brobst, the Chief Technology Officer for Teradata Corporation

• August 11, 2015

September 4th 2015: Case Studies in Data Governance and Master Data Management

• August 11, 2015

Best of TDWI's Data Digest

Online articles of interest in the last week include a focus on IT's ETL burden, artificial intuition, worry-free endpoint data migration, and benefits of data visualization.

• August 11, 2015

Q&A: When is Your Predictive Analytics Team Ready for a Data Scientist?

A veteran industry consultant and mentor suggests building your predictive analytics team first, then bringing in a data scientist.

• By Linda L. Briggs
• August 11, 2015

Big Data Will Create More Accurate Predictions

Although advances in technology have dramatically improved our ability to analyze and mine vast amounts of data, we must remember that the quality of our predictions is directly dependent on the quality of our data.

• By Mike Schiff
• August 11, 2015

Data Digest: Data Mashups, Toy Story 2 Disaster, and Data Modeling and Bias

A data disaster almost destroyed Toy Story 2, plus how to model data with and without bias, and getting the most from data mashups.

• August 11, 2015