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“I seriously doubt Santa checks his naughty-nice list twice,” former Forrester analyst and current IBM Big Data Evangelist James Kobielus shared on

Roel Castelein recently took a look at Gartner’s top 10 trends for 2013 and reached a disconcerting conclusion: Most point to a pattern of fragmentation

Although I’m passionate about politics, I seldom mention it because, well, this is an IT blog. And I think one thing we can all agree on is it’s more fun

I am something of a compulsive researcher, which is not a bad trait for either an English major or a journalist. But since high-speed Internet, my

Chris Murphy, editor of Information Week, this week asked IT pros to think more about the Internet of Things and how it can be put to work for

When I was a pavement-pounding beat journalist, I dealt with a lot of bureaucrats who couldn’t quite grasp the concept of “public data” or “open

By now, we’re familiar with the neat capabilities Hadoop stack brings to data. But it can still be confusing to understand what it is, particularly if you

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Given the demand for real-time data analytics, it’s not surprising that more organizations are investing in real-time data integration right now. In a

Seven Ways to Get Started With Big Data MapR’s CEO and Co-founder John Schroeder says that in the new year, we’ll see hear more about how companies are

Here’s a safe prediction: You’ll be hearing more sales pitches about API management in the New Year.That’s a safe prediction because it’s already starting

I remember trying to explain to a PR person once that the whole point of the Web was the links. No one wants to go to a dead, brochure-ware page, I