Analytics

Big data projects a focus for Australian mid-market: IDC

Data.gov.au to move to open source platform

4 Barriers Stand Between You and Big Data Insight

A majority of organizations believe that big data can give them a competitive advantage, but nearly 60 percent also believe that moving from data to insight is a major challenge. Consulting firm PwC says four barriers stand between your operation and

Macquarie Telecom to host Intersect supercomputer

HP Looks to Moonshot for Data Center of the Future

Seeking to reverse its flagging fortunes and build the foundational layer for the 'Internet of Things,' HP unveils a new class of software-defined server: the HP ProLiant Moonshot.

How Big Data Can Quickly Become Big Garbage

The bigger the data the bigger the chance of mistakes or inaccuracies. In that vein, a large database used by retailers to screen people accused of stealing from employers is identifying innocent people and could result in major lawsuits, according t

Workday Focuses on Its Post-IPO Future

Workdayu2019s HR software-as-a-service tool wins praise for ease-of-use, but it remains to be seen whether the company's financial module will be adopted as quickly

Does Big Data Spell the End of Business Intelligence As We Know It?

Traditional BI requires human input to decide what correlated factors to query. As predictive data analytics gets increasingly powerful, the algorithms do the deciding. That spells the end of BI as CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden knows it--and he do

10 Real-World Big Data Deployments That Will Change Our Lives

The amount of data in the world is increasing exponentially, doubling every 18 months. Here are 10 real-world big data deployments you may not have realized were driven by big data.

Big Data Success Is All in the Analysis

IT executives are starting to realize that there's little value in big data without robust analytics systems that can crunch the numbers and give key decision makers (read: their bosses) easy-to-digest information. With so few real solutions on