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Data Digest: Cloud Computing; Hadoop Best Practices

Heading off concerns about cloud computing, an in-depth look at the cloud application layer, and best practices for Hadoop.

Streaming Data Who’s Who: Kafka, Kinesis, Flume, and Storm

Streaming data offers an opportunity for real-time business value. Knowing the big names in streaming data technologies and which one best integrates with your infrastructure will help you make the right architectural decisions.

Time to Kill Metadata?

Metadata is neither meta nor data. The amounts and types of information important to an enterprise today require context, not a misleading term that is only vaguely defined.

Data Digest: Focus on Big Data

Balancing evidence and judgment in big data, preventing discrimination in your big data work, and the 4th big data "V": value.

Sifting Through the Garbage

Is your data lake just a garbage dump?

Addressing Fraud with Advanced Analytics

Credit card fraud is on the upswing, impacting consumers and every company that handles credit card transactions. What can an enterprise do to prevent it and protect itself and its legitimate consumers?

Data Digest: Data Storytelling, Visualizations, and Choosing a BI Tool

Why data analysts must be data storytellers, plus innovative visualizations and 5 essential elements of a good BI tool.

The Value of a Customer 360 Program

Getting to know more about your customers can strengthen and solidify your relationships with them.

Data Toys: Explore User Interface Research and Make Some Waves

Two intriguing visualizations: an interactive experiment about user interfaces and a wave-generating toy.