Loraine Lawson

Capitalizing on Big Data: Analytics with a Purpose It’s easy to type cast analytics. After all, it so easily fits in with BI that we tend to want to think about Big Data as a tool for business analysts, finance and IT leaders. But nobody puts Big Data in a corner, and a recent DC […]

Information Governance: 2015 Predictions Paul Brody recently left IBM, where he headed the mobile and Internet division, for consulting firm Ernst & Young. This week, Fortune profiled Brody, focusing on his advocacy for block-chain technology. Brody contends that this technology — which underpins Bitcoin — could be used to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices […]

The Challenges of Gaining Useful Insight into Data Integration and SOA/cloud consultant David Linthicum’s recent whitepaper for vendor SnapLogic puts forth an intriguing thesis on the death of traditional data integration. “Integration, in terms of problem and solution patterns, has not changed a great deal in the last 20 years,” Linthicum writes. “Many of today’s […]

With Big Data, what we’re seeing is a separation of two functions historically handled in the database, explains Datameer CEO Stefan Groschupf in a recent video. “I think the really big observation is that historically you had this thing called database, where you interacted with the data and also you analyzed the data,” Groschupf says. […]

Six Tips for Turning Customer Feedback into a Powerful Business Tool “Data lake” is a metaphor, but at New York’s Lake George, it takes on a more literal meaning thanks to the Internet of Things and robotics technology. The Jefferson Project — a collaboration between IBM, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the local FUND for Lake […]

Looking to Change Jobs this Year? Read this First The Commerce Department’s first Chief Data Officer has worked with open data about as long as it’s been around — which isn’t actually that long, if you think about it. Ian Kalin’s resume shows that he started working with open data in 2012 as a Presidential […]

The Challenges of Gaining Useful Insight into Data Ian J. Kalin, the new chief data officer for the Commerce Department, certainly seems to understand that data is the new oil. That makes sense, given his roots at a small energy startup company and his work with the U.S. Energy Data Initiative. Surely, if anyone can […]

The Challenges of Gaining Useful Insight into Data Structured data is still king, but that may be in part because many organizations simply aren’t even trying to manage unstructured data, a just-released report by Dell reveals. Dell commissioned Unisphere Research to query those who manage data at North American companies. The survey’s 300 respondents were […]

Millennials Expect Brands to Use Their Unique Data for Hyper-Targeted Experiences Friday, Twitter announced plans to terminate agreements with its remaining data resellers, DataSift and NTT Data, by mid-August. At that point, any company using Twitter for analytics will need to go directly through Twitter. The reaction was swift and… well, here are some samples: […]

Four Steps to Ensure Your Big Data Investment Pays Off Oracle announced the latest release of its Data Integrator for Big Data. So what’s new and unique about this offering? Well, frankly, that’s a bit confusing. You may have already seen the coverage of it; I’m not naming names, but a chunk of it has […]

Top Seven Priorities for IT in 2015 It’s not often that integration vendors make major headlines, but Informatica did just that Tuesday when it became the largest buyout of the year, accepting a $5.3 billion offer from Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and private equity firm Permira Funds. The deal will shift Informatica from a […]

The Challenges of Gaining Useful Insight into Data The data experts are still sounding the warning bell about data lakes, prognosticating a list of problems that data lakes will cause you. Meanwhile, word on the street is that enterprises are building data lakes anyway, because everyone else thinks it’s a great idea. This means that […]