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Wednesday, July 01, 2015

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Q&A: How Hadoop Blew Open the Door to Next Generation of Computing

Linda Briggs

The Internet of things calls for better ways to manage massive amounts of data. Google's introduction of MapReduce in the early 2000s signaled a fundamental change in data architectures and distributed processing. In this interview, the second of two parts, Splice Machine CEO Monte Zweben, an industry veteran, discusses how MapReduce "broke open the big data world and democratized big data computing and distributed computing."

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Modernizing the Data Warehouse

Stephen Swoyer

If you have a data warehouse, chances are it needs to be modernized. Not phased out, not lock-stock upgraded, but modernized. A tweak here, a minor change there, a supplement (or platform upgrade) elsewhere. A new report from TDWI Research provides a primer for doing just this.

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Changing Publishing Industry Drives Need for New Analytics

Matt Lindsay, Ph.D.

Changes are occurring in the publishing industry as digital distribution platforms grow in importance and print distribution declines. In this two-part series, we examine and describe the new business environment and how data analytics can help.

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Best of TDWI's Data Digest

Quint Turner

Online articles that caught our eye examine getting the most from content analytics, examining data storage options, and reports on big data analytics and access.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Next-Generation Information Intelligence and Business Analytics

Speaker: David Loshin

July
9
9:00AM PT
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In this Webinar we'll examine in-memory computing, hybrid transaction and analytic processing, edge analytics, cognitive computing, and distributed computing for mesh analytics -- plus a few surprises.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

The What, Why, and How of a Data Lake

Get answers to three key questions: What is a data lake and how does it fit into the existing data warehousing environment? Why do organizations need a data lake and what types of project can benefit from one? How does an organization design, deploy, manage, and govern a data lake?

Speaker: Colin White

July
21
9:00AM PT

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Using the Cloud as a Platform for Data Warehousing

Learn about how enterprises can adopt cloud-based data warehousing and business intelligence as well as analytics in the cloud. This Webinar explores data integration and architectural challenges, contrasts cloud-based and on-premises data warehousing, and explains considerations for cloud DW/BI vendors.

Speaker: Colin White

July
22
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

July 26 - 31, 2015

TDWI Boston // The Analytics Experience

Boston, MA

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August 3 - 6, 2015

Seminar in Chicago // Insight and Impact through Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

Chicago, IL

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August 10 - 13, 2015

Seminar in Minneapolis // BI Essentials

Minneapolis, MN

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