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(Guest Post) Winning Solutions: Kirk Borne Discusses the Big Data Concept Ahead of Big Data World London

Looking ahead to 2017's Big Data World event , Booz Allen Hamilton's Principal Data Scientist discusses the Big Data concept, benefits and developments in detail with John Bensalhia... 2017's Big Data World promises plenty in the way of insightful talks and discussions on the subject. One of the unmissable talks to watch out for in March will come from Kirk Borne, Booz Allen Hamilton's Principal Data Scientist, who will look at “ The Self-Driving Organisation and Edge Analytics in a Smart IoT World. ” “I will describe the concept of a self-driving organisation that learns, gains actionable insights, discovers next-best move, innovates, and creates value from streaming Big Data through the application of edge analytics on ubiquitous data sources in the IoT-enriched world.” As part of this discussion, Kirk will also present an Analytics Roadmap for the IoT-enabled Cognitive Organisation. “In this case, the “self-driving organisation” is modeled after th

Not Your Father's Database: Interview with VoltDB’s John Piekos

As organizations deal with challenging times ―technologically and business wise―, managing increasing volumes of data has become a key to success. As data management rapidly evolve, the main Big Data paradigm has changed from just “big” to “big, fast, reliable and efficient”. No more than today in the evolution of the big data and database markets, the pressure is on for software companies to deliver new and improved database solutions capable not just to deal with increasing volumes of data but also to do it faster, better and in a more reliable fashion. A number of companies have taken the market by storm, infusing the industry with new and spectacularly advanced database software —for both transactional and non-transactional operations— that are rapidly changing the database software landscape. One of these companies is VoltDB . This New England (Massachusetts) based company has rapidly become a reference when it comes to the offering of next-generation of database solut

Here, There and Everywhere: Interview with Brian Wood on Teradata's Cloud Strategy

(Image Courtesy of Teradata) In a post about Teradata’s 2016 Partners event I wrote about the big effort Teradata is making to ensure its software offerings are now available both on-premises and in the Cloud, in variety of forms and shapes, making a big push to ensure Teradata’s availability, especially for hybrid cloud configurations. So, the data management and analytics software giant seems to be sticking to its promise by increasingly incorporating its flagship Teradata Database other solutions to the Cloud in the form of its own Manage Cloud for Americas and Europe , a private cloud-ready solution or via public cloud providers such as AWS and most recently announced on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace . To chat about this latest news and Teradata’s the overall strategy directed to the cloud we’ve sat with Teradata’s Brian Wood. Brian Wood is director of cloud marketing at Teradata. He is a results-oriented technology marketing executive with 15+ years of digital, l

Yep, I’m Writing a Book on Modern Data Management Platforms (2017-02 Update)

(Image courtesy of Thomas Skirde) As I mentioned in a first blog about the book, I'm now working hard to deliver a piece that will hopefully, serve as a practical guide for the implementation of a successful modern data management platform. I'll try to provide frequent updates and, perhaps, share some pains and gains about its development. For now, here's some additional information, including the general outline and the type of audience is intended for. I invite you to be part of the process and leave your comments, observations and encouragement quotes right below, or better yet, to consider: Participating in our  Data Management Platforms survey  to obtain a nice discount right off the bat) Pre-ordering the book, soon, I’ll provide you with details on how to pre-order your copy, but in the meantime, you can show your interest by signing up  to our pre-order list, or for Providing us with information about your own successful enterprise use case, which we ma