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Data Digest: Top Big Data Technologies, Analytics and Smaller Data Centers, and a History of the Data Scientist

Articles look at a recent Forrester report on the Top 10 new big data technologies, explain the shift from centralized data centers to smaller ones and the effect on data analytics, and a history of the data scientist.

Where is Cognitive Decision Making in BI? (Part 2 of 3)

Cognitive computing brings together a wide range of disciplines and technologies to address complex situations filled with ambiguity and uncertainty. With so much to recommend it, why isn't it more ubiquitous in enterprise decision making?

Data Digest: Focus on the Internet of Things

Articles look at IoT bottlenecks and security risks.

Where is Cognitive Decision Making in BI? (Part 1 of 3)

Cognitive computing brings together a wide range of disciplines and technologies to address complex situations filled with ambiguity and uncertainty. With so much to recommend it, why isn't it more ubiquitous in enterprise decision making?

Defining Elastic Data Warehousing

Now that clouds are established IT platforms, some users are migrating their data warehouses to leverage the elasticity of clouds.

Data Digest: Open Source Pitfalls, Open Source and IoT, and Cloud Computing

Five common problems enterprises have with open source, plus how IoT can improve analytics and why cloud computing will stick around.

Forget Big Data -- Find the Right Data

If we aren't doing anything useful with big data, are we falling behind?

Avoiding Reporting Snafus in Agile Development Environments

Even with well-designed systems, agile development practices can slowly -- and sometimes dramatically -- erode user confidence in reporting and analysis systems. Learn what to look out for and what you can do about it.

Forbidden Fruit: Reconciling Data Temptations and Privacy Rules

Data is seductive. Here are five steps designers can take to make sure they don’t succumb to data’s temptations.