November 30, 2012–Investment dollars make sense in big data. Without patronage, there is no forward progress. And savvy companies are snapping up that help and making big splashes, such as the story we discovered in the Globes article “Big Data Analytics Company SiSense Raises $8M.” According to the story: Big data analytics start-up SiSense Ltd. has raised  Read more »

November 30, 2012–Not all big data offerings are created alike. Even when an enormously trusted computer name is tied to it. Such was the case of a recent Fierce Enterprise Communications story, “Big Data Analytics Firm Puts HP in Big Financial Hole.” According to the story: [I]nvestors are expected to follow the lawsuit filed Monday  Read more »

November 30, 2012–Amazon is reaching deep into the analytics world. Since everything they touch seems to turn a shade of gold, we’re eager to see what transpires. We learned more from a recent ZD Net story, “Amazon Announces Redshift Cloud Data Warehouse with Jaspersoft Support.” According to the story: In Las Vegas today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is  Read more »

November 29, 2012–Government analytics is a touchy subject. While budgets seems to be continually slashed, many offices are finding room in their log books for big data investment. You just might not hear about it. This was addressed in a recent Huffington Post article: “Big Questions for Big Data.” According to the story: Government has  Read more »

November 29, 2012–The Year of Big Data Partnerships is coming to a close. However, that doesn’t mean the deals are winding down. Quite the contrary, as we discovered in a recent I4U News piece, “Big Data Partnership Announces Support of Microsoft’s HDInsight.” According to the story: Big Data Partnership, a leading ‘Big Data’ specialist service  Read more »

November 29, 2012–The financial world is getting creative during such awful economic times. No surprise that big data is high on their list of aids. However, some of the methods are shocking. We learned more from a recent IT Pro Portal story, “Big Data Meets Strong Magnets.” According to the story: Thanks to the advancement  Read more »

November 28, 2012–Money makes the world go around and big data is no different. We’ve recently heard of some impressive financial backing stories that speak volumes. One such story came from GigaOm’s recent piece, “Sumall Raises $6m to Bring Data Analytics to Small Business.” According to the story: SumAll, a New York-based data analytics startup  Read more »

November 28, 2012–We move pretty fast in terms of discussing big data. Newcomers might be curious exactly why it has such an impact on business. Luckily, there are resources to get up to speed, like a terrific new article in Smart Data Collective, “Big Data Analytics: A Disruptive Technology!” According to the story: Big data  Read more »

November 28, 2012–You don’t know it, but big data analytics is already part of your daily life. In practically everything we do, we are experiencing the information analytics revolution. Wired shared a great story about this in “How Big Data Will Ease Your Commute.” According to the story: Get into a cab and it’s safe  Read more »

November 27, 2012–Big data software is all the rage. However, hardware will soon be on the tips of everyone’s tongues. Some companies are getting a head start as we discovered in a recent eWeek story, “HP Unveils First Purpose-Built Server for Big Data.” According to the story: Hewlett-Packard, making a large investment in the latest trend  Read more »