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In The New Use Cases of Big Data series, we are reviewing some of the use cases enabled by new technology for big data. In 2002, Tom Cruise starred in Spielberg’s blockbuster movie Minority Report: In the year 2054, crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to the PreCrime elite law enforcing squad. They use three gifted humans, the precogs, with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. Ten years later, in 2012, some police departments around the world...

In The New Use Cases of Big Data series, we are reviewing some of the use cases enabled by new technology for big data. In 2002, Tom Cruise starred in Spielberg’s blockbuster movie Minority Report: In the year 2054, crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to the PreCrime elite law enforcing squad. They use three gifted humans, the precogs, with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. Ten years later, in 2012, some police departments around the world...

The world has gone mobile. Among consumers, the younger generation has grown up connecting via mobile devices rather than computers. In some developing countries, entire societies have skipped over computers directly to their smartphones to connect and interact. More and … Continue reading » ...

  Over the next two years, leading up to the ICD-10 “go live” date of October 1, 2014, there will be many procurement cycles for ICD-10 mapping and crosswalk tools. At present, we are seeing an evolution in the philosophy … Continue reading » ...

Innovation and what succeeds in the market is an endlessly interesting idea. I was reminded of this recently when I read a New Yorker magazine profile of Clayton Christensen, the business guru most famous for his work “The Innovator’s Dilemma.”  The profile extends beyond his work: it covers his family background, his battle with cancer, his religious faith, and more. In all, it is a fascinating and inspiring profile that I highly recommend.  At the moment, it’s behind a subscription wall, so if...

Social networking is becoming inescapable. It has become mainstream faster than almost anyone could have predicted (other than perhaps Mark Zuckerberg.) Full disclosure:  I hardly ever use Facebook. Perhaps as a working mom with two young children, keeping up with … Continue reading » ...

In The New Use Cases of Big Data series, we are reviewing some of the use cases enabled by new technology for big data. Leveraging of big data for marketing can be real-time, on the fly behavioral analysis for cross promotions, or batch analysis and segmentation for targeting and nurturing. In the first case – real-time – the goal is to influence consumer behavior at the point of sale or on the site. The most common example is the recommendation engine, but check out couponing also belongs to th...

In The New Use Cases of Big Data series, we are reviewing some of the use cases enabled by new technology for big data. Leveraging of big data for marketing can be real-time, on the fly behavioral analysis for cross promotions, or batch analysis and segmentation for targeting and nurturing. In the first case – real-time – the goal is to influence consumer behavior at the point of sale or on the site. The most common example is the recommendation engine, but check out couponing also belongs to th...

By: Chris Cingrani, Informatica DQ & MDM Practice Lead, Data Management Practice at SSG Big data is something that I am continually asked about by clients, as the subject continues to gain significant press.  While discussing this topic, I often … Continue reading » ...

Informatica conducted a recent big data survey of 600 IT and business professionals in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The results found in the report entitled: “Balancing Opportunity and Risk in Big Data – A Survey of Enterprise … Continue reading » ...

Just five years ago, there was a perception held by many in our industry that the world of data for enterprises was simplifying. This was in large part due to the wave of consolidation among application vendors. With SAP and … Continue reading » ...

Shortly after the GA open source versions were uploaded to the download area of the website, we officially announced version 5.1 today. Among a wealth of enhancements to Talend’s next-generation integration platform, there are certain aspects of this new release that are worth highlighting: Version 5.1 includes the official GA version of Talend Open Studio for Big Data, now available under the Apache license. It was possible since March to download a technology preview of the product, and we ha...

Shortly after the GA open source versions were uploaded to the download area of the website, we officially announced version 5.1 today. Among a wealth of enhancements to Talend’s next-generation integration platform, there are certain aspects of this new release that are worth highlighting: Version 5.1 includes the official GA version of Talend Open Studio for Big Data, now available under the Apache license. It was possible since March to download a technology preview of the product, and we ha...

Quite a bit has happened on the topic of big data since my last post on Informatica Perspectives almost one and a half years ago.  I have spent a career working with organizations on how to get control over their … Continue reading » ...

In The Big Use Cases of Big Data, we have discussed how large and wealthy organizations have been leveraging their big data for a long time. In a series of short blog posts, we’ll be reviewing some of the less mainstream, or more “democratic” uses cases that new technology for big data is enabling. Like many other open source vendors, Talend was founded on the promise to democratize integration. The means to achieve this democratization is through open source that accelerates development cycles,...

In The Big Use Cases of Big Data, we have discussed how large and wealthy organizations have been leveraging their big data for a long time. In a series of short blog posts, we’ll be reviewing some of the less mainstream, or more “democratic” uses cases that new technology for big data is enabling. Like many other open source vendors, Talend was founded on the promise to democratize integration. The means to achieve this democratization is through open source that accelerates development cycles,...

Treating Big Data Performance Woes with the Data Replication Cure Blog Series – Part 3 OK, so in our last two discussions, we looked at the memory bottleneck and how even in high performance environments, there are still going to … Continue reading » ...

Channel-focused blog The VAR Guy recently posted an update to its Open Source 50, an “annual look at open source in the IT channel” it had launched in 2008. The purpose of the update is to analyze where each member of the original 50 is now.  And the results are quite interesting! While not all open source companies have been striving like Red Hat (becoming the first open source vendor to reach $1 billion in revenue), or MySQL (sold to Sun for $1 billion), or Talend (100%+ growth sustained for s...

Channel-focused blog The VAR Guy recently posted an update to its Open Source 50, an “annual look at open source in the IT channel” it had launched in 2008. The purpose of the update is to analyze where each member of the original 50 is now.  And the results are quite interesting! While not all open source companies have been striving like Red Hat (becoming the first open source vendor to reach $1 billion in revenue), or MySQL (sold to Sun for $1 billion), or Talend (100%+ growth sustained for s...

A while ago I wrote a piece about our company’s ‘green’ initiatives. Amongst the many programs we are adopting to be more environmentally conscious, one was to achieve the Energy Star Rating certification for our headquarters building in Redwood City, … Continue reading » ...