Hadoop has come a long way from its humble orgins as Yahoo’s answer to its search engine woes, evolving into a data management platform that’s used by one in four enterprises. This infographic from Solix Technologies Inc. provides a few insights on Hadoop’s history and direction. More>>

Jeff Spar, chief information technology officer for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is leading efforts to move a majority of the museum’s customer and administrative data into a single place, a data lake, to increase IT staff productivity and help the art institution learn more about its visitors. More>>

Big Data provides the foundation for processing unstructured information. The ability to process unstructured information results in finding out trends and patterns that can then be further analyzed. This is important since the foundation of data analytics and predictive analysis is the ability to obtain relevant information out of the

When working with familiar data and problems, your confidence in, and the validity of, the assumptions made are probably fairly sound. However, when you are doing a new type of analysis or using a data source for the first time, your assumptions may have a profound impact on the results

If a company is to successfully utilize the cloud, its decision makers must embrace a carefully planned due diligence process. What does such a due diligence process look like? Check out the guest column by Randall S. Beach. More>>

A robust defensive strategy starts with a culture of data security. While organizations can implement tools and procedures to safeguard confidential information, it’s everyone’s job to protect the sensitive data. At times, even your well-intentioned employees could be your biggest threat. Check out the guest post by Deena Coffman of

Big data and analytics are global in nature. An organization should take comfort in the fact that its peers around the globe are solving the same problems and facing the same issues that it is. This means that terrific case studies, lessons, and best practices can be searched for more