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10 strategic tech trends for the infrastructure industry in 2022

By Nicholas D. Evans

Informatica Cloud Data Marketplace lets business users share AI data sets

By Anirban Ghoshal

Lexmark’s Andy Kopp on democratizing data

By CIO staff
News

New Versions of Splunk Enterprise and Hunk Extend Data Insight

The operational intelligence specialist announces new versions of its Splunk Enterprise and Hunk platforms for collecting, indexing and correlating machine data.
By Thor OlavsrudMay, 6 2014
News

7 Business Dashboards That Offer Striking Data Visualizations

The more data you analyze, the more complex it gets. To help you find value in all that data, visualize it using one of these seven dashboard apps.
By John BrandonMay, 6 2014
News Analysis

White House Calls for Big Data and Cloud Privacy Overhaul

Leading tech groups welcome call for data breach law and outdated cloud privacy statute, but warn against overreaching consumer privacy legislation.
By Kenneth CorbinMay, 2 2014
How-To

What Your SaaS Vendor Doesn't Know About You

You'd think your SaaS vendors would know a lot more about you and their customers than IBM, Ma Bell or even the NSA. They know every click, login and data entry, right? Not necessarily.
By David TaberMay, 1 2014
News

Big Data Giants Cloudera and MongoDB Join Forces

The leading Hadoop distribution provider and the leading NoSQL database provider announced a partnership that spans engineering, support, sales and marketing efforts.
By Thor OlavsrudApr, 29 2014
Tip

Analytics Give HR an Early Warning System

Payroll processor ADP deployed predictive analytics internally to improve HR decision-making, identify future talent gaps and reduce attrition, says CIO Mike Capone.
By Stephanie OverbyApr, 28 2014
How-To

4 Ways to Use Square in Your Small Business (Or Your Global Business)

Small businesses increasingly turn to Square to process payments without the hassle (and expense) of custom card-reading hardware. There are other benefits to the service, including analytics and online sales modules, as well as opportunities for larger enterprises to better serve customers.
By Jen A. MillerApr, 22 2014
News

Twitter Readies Design Changes As It Unveils New Ad Offerings

Twitter has taken a slow approach in the rollout of new ad products and changes to the user interface, but that's beginning to change. Following its deeper integration with MoPub, Twitter is expected to reveal a series of new ad products alongside a refined and more feature-rich user experience.
By Matt KapkoApr, 21 2014
News Analysis

Will the Internet of Things Become the Internet of Broken Things?

Fifty billion devices will connect to the Internet in the next few years. It's up to vendors to make sure they do, in fact, connect to the Internet — and provide reliable data, security and customer experience. Otherwise, analysts warn, the future may bring an Internet of Broken Things.
By Julie SartainApr, 17 2014
Feature

10 Hot Hadoop Startups to Watch

As data volumes grow, figuring out how to unlock value becomes vastly important. Hadoop enables the processing of large data sets in a distributed environment and has become almost synonymous with big data. Here are 10 startups with solutions for unlocking big data value.
By Jeff VanceApr, 16 2014
How-To

4 Qualities to Look for in a Data Scientist

Every business, it seems, needs a data scientist, but not everyone knows what to look for. The four qualities of a good data scientist described here will help you first write a job description and then evaluate candidates for your data scientist vacancy.
By Jonathan HassellApr, 15 2014
How-To

Industrial Internet Can't Succeed Without Big Data and Cloud, GE Says

Hear the phrases 'Industrial Internet' or 'Internet of Things' and you probably think of billions of connected devices. That's all well and good, but without the computing power to assess all the data coming from these devices, GE suggests that enterprises won't realize the full potential of the industrial Internet.
By Brian EastwoodApr, 10 2014
How-To

How Tech Can Help Cities Reduce Crime

Camden, N.J. ranks among the United States' most dangerous cities — and in 2011, its police force was cut in half. However, a state-of-the-art 'tactical information' center, combined with gunshot-spotting cameras, in-cruiser GPS technology and analytics are helping the embattled city cut crime.
By Jen A. MillerApr, 9 2014
News

Teradata Lets You Orchestrate Queries Across Processing Engines

With Teradata QueryGrid, your data warehouse can now intelligently use the functionality of multiple, heterogeneous processing engines, including Hadoop.
By Thor OlavsrudApr, 7 2014
News Analysis

How the Internet of Things Drives CRM Investments

Customer relationship management will be at the heart of companies' digital initiatives for years to come, Gartner says. What's more, the billions of devices connected on the Internet of Things are joining cloud, social, mobile and big data technologies as the fifth driver of CRM investments.
By Julie SartainApr, 3 2014
News

Hortonworks Adds New Enterprise Features to Hadoop Distribution

With the release of the Hortonworks Data Platform 2.1 version of its Hadoop distribution, Hortonworks is packing in new enterprise features, including data access, data governance, data management, security and operations.
By Thor OlavsrudApr, 2 2014
News

Pivotal Looks to Simplify Building 'Business Data Lakes'

Pivotal unveils the Pivotal Big Data Suite, an all-you-can-eat software, support and maintenance platform that's designed to provide access to all the technologies required to build a business data lake with a single pricing metric.
By Thor OlavsrudApr, 2 2014
Feature

How Big Data Helped the Norman Rockwell Museum Grow Revenue

With the help of DigiWorksCorp, the Norman Rockwell Museum leveraged its transactional data and big data analytics to increase second-time purchasers by 150 percent and revenue by 49 percent.
By Thor OlavsrudApr, 1 2014
Feature

CIOs Predict IT Spending to Increase

Mobile apps and tablets are the areas identified most frequently for investment, according to CIO Research's poll of IT executives. However, analytics, cloud and enterprise security spending aren't far behind.
By Dan MuseMar, 31 2014
CEO Letter

Retail Must Reinvent Itself for the Omnichannel Future

IDG Communications CEO Michael Friedenberg offers his take on the latest IDC predictions about retail customers, big data, supply chain and more u2029
By Michael FriedenbergMar, 31 2014
Opinion

Why CIOs Should Look Outside for Data Expertise

Still building your in-house data analytics operation? External providers can supplement your capabilities — fast.
By Madeline Weiss and June DrewryMar, 31 2014
Opinion

As IDC Sees It, Tech's 'Third Platform' Disrupts Everyone

What IDC deems the third platform of computing — social, mobile, cloud and big data — is transforming IT much faster than the first (mainframe) or second (client/server) platforms ever did. This has tremendous implications for the IT industry, yes, but also for anyone doing business in today's world.
By Bernard GoldenMar, 27 2014
Feature

Inside the Shadowy World of Data Brokers

Data brokers operate in the shadows of the Internet. Most consumers are unaware or unsure how to put restrictions of their activity. In fact, one U.S. senator called these companies and their practices 'the dark underside of American life.'
By Matt KapkoMar, 27 2014
News

How the 9 Leading Commercial Hadoop Distributions Stack Up

All of the leading commercial Hadoop distributions are compatible with Apache Hadoop, so what sets them apart? Here's how the leading commercial distributions identified by Forrester Research compare.
By Thor OlavsrudMar, 27 2014
News Analysis

Forrester Outlines IT Imperatives for Healthcare Providers

Healthcare providers such hospitals, medical offices and clinics face an unsettling reality, according to a recent Forrester report: Embrace the cloud, big data, mobile and other emerging technology or get acquired by a healthcare organization that's successfully been there and done that.
By Brian EastwoodMar, 25 2014
Feature

What VCs Look for in Big Data Startups

Getting ready to pitch venture capitalists on your big data startup? Here's a hint: Don't call yourself a 'big data company' and don't pitch by analogy.
By Thor OlavsrudMar, 21 2014
News

Are Apple and Gartner Afraid of Analytics?

In theory, analytics should help firms make key business decisions. In practice, companies ignore analytics because it's likely to tell them the bad news they don't want to hear. This week, the actions of Gartner and Apple illustrated this point to CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle.
By Rob EnderleMar, 21 2014
Feature

Small Data Plays a Big Role in IT Recruiting

Job applicant tracking systems capture massive amounts of info on candidates. But all that data doesn't help if the best candidates aren't able or willing to complete the process. Going more simple and streamlined can make it easier to find talent.
By Sharon FlorentineMar, 20 2014
How-To

Don't Let CRM Data Make MIS Into Misinformation

Even if you have high-quality customer relationship management data, there's a hidden monster that can gobble up management information system credibility. It's time to reign in user-generated CRM reports.
By David TaberMar, 20 2014
Feature

How Little Debbie Used Predictive Analytics to Survive Snack Industry Shakeup

McKee Foods, maker of Little Debbie snacks, turned to Workday's cloud-based human capital management and payroll software. The switch helped it analyze data for decision-making, save money and better survive a snack industry shakeup.
By Stephanie OverbyMar, 19 2014
Tip

Internet of things presents CIOs with both technical and ethical questions

Chamberlain Group's garage door opener lets consumers monitor and control their garage doors via Android and Apple mobile phones. It's convenient for customers, but what happens to the data collected?
By Kim GirardMar, 18 2014
News

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2014 to Manufacturing

The newest version of Microsoft's relational database management system touts in-memory transaction processing and hybrid deployment scenarios.
By Thor OlavsrudMar, 18 2014
Feature

17 Steps to Implement a Public Sector Big Data Project

Government agencies are rich in data that could be used to better serve citizens. However leveraging massive amounts data is at best a complex project. Based on interviews with CIOs at every level of government, Kevin C. Desouza of Arizona State University lays out a three-stage, 17-step big data implementation plan.
By Thor OlavsrudMar, 18 2014
17 Steps to Implement a Public Sector Big Data Project
News

17 Steps to Implement a Public Sector Big Data Project

Government agencies are rich in data that could be used to better serve citizens. However leveraging massive amounts data is at best a complex project. Based on interviews with CIOs at every level of government, Kevin C. Desouza of Arizona State University lays out a three-stage, 17-step big data implementation plan.
By Thor OlavsrudMar, 18 2014
News Analysis

Tech CEOs Warn of Threats to Cloud, Big Data Economy

Leaders of some of the nation's top tech firms say protectionist cloud policies and Internet restrictions could undermine the potential of the data revolution. To that end, they call on policymakers to advocate the free flow of information across national borders — and to pay special attention to nations restricting Internet freedom.
By Kenneth CorbinMar, 14 2014
Feature

8 Ways Big Data and Analytics Will Change Sports

The leading minds in sports convened in Boston last week at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference to share ideas about how big data will be a game-changer for fans, players, coaches, officials and front-office personnel.
By Lauren BrousellMar, 13 2014
News

Splunk and Tableau Join Forces to Give Machine Data to Business Users

Splunk and Tableau have formed a strategic alliance through which Tableau's visual analytics business intelligence platform can connect to machine data from Splunk as a native data source. The partners say the alliance will drive new kinds of real-time business analytics.
By Thor OlavsrudMar, 5 2014
Feature

Ethics Code Seeks to Deter Dishonest Analytics

The INFORMS code of ethics requires analytics professionals to report unbiased answers, not just what the client wants to hear. 
By Mary PrattFeb, 26 2014
News

Helping Data Centers Cope With Big Data Workloads

Big data workloads tend to suck up enormous amounts of compute resources, which can create serious log jams in your data center if the workloads aren't scheduled optimally. Adaptive Computing's Big Workflow is designed to leverage HPC and cloud technologies to help data centers adapt to big data.
By Thor OlavsrudFeb, 25 2014
Feature

Microstrategy Adapts to New BI Realities

The business intelligence software veteran is adapting to the latest analytics trends–and to new rivals. 
By Joab JacksonFeb, 24 2014
How 19 Tech Titans Target Healthcare
News

How 19 Tech Titans Target Healthcare

Healthcare is a huge market with much room for improvement. Here's how the world's largest technology companies — from Amazon to Verizon — are lining up for a piece of the pie.
By Brian EastwoodFeb, 20 2014
News

Agile Comes to Data Integration

Informatica is aiming to ease the pain of data integration with a new platform designed to allow businesses to rapidly prototype and validate before sending projects to development.
By Thor OlavsrudFeb, 19 2014
News Analysis

7 Tech Acronyms and Abbreviations That Need to Go Away

IT is full of shorthand. (Hey, there's one example.) Many abbreviations and acronyms have become standard terms in tech, if not everyday language. But some terms just need to be retired.
By John BrandonFeb, 19 2014
News Analysis

MapR's New Hadoop Distribution Promises No-Risk Upgrade

MapR's latest Hadoop distribution includes support for Hadoop 2.2 with YARN, but is also backward compatible with the MapReduce 1.x scheduler, promising organizations a risk-free upgrade path to the latest Hadoop architecture.
By Thor OlavsrudFeb, 17 2014
News Analysis

Are We Too Stupid to Let Watson Make Us Smarter?

IBM's supercomputer is ready to make the leap from analyzing massive data sets to actually helping us make the right decision. But will we be too proud to take Watson's advice?
By Rob EnderleFeb, 14 2014
News Analysis

Smart Cars Are Getting Smarter, But the Ride Isn't Perfect

The cars of tomorrow will listen, talk, entertain, protect, get energy from the sun and even drive themselves. Not all carmakers plan to take the same road, though, and some face more potholes than other.
By Julie SartainFeb, 11 2014
News Analysis

Why the EHR Market Is Poised for Disruption

Simply put, 2014 is a big year for electronic health record vendors. They must adhere to stricter standards under the federal government's meaningful use program while convincing healthcare providers that they can meet future needs for information exchange, patient engagement and data analytics. Not everyone will make the cut.
By Brian EastwoodFeb, 10 2014
News

Red Hat and Hortonworks Expand Strategic Big Data Alliance

The two partners are working to make it easier than ever to bring Hadoop into the enterprise with an open hybrid cloud model and improved customer support collaboration.
By Thor OlavsrudFeb, 10 2014
News

Microsoft's Power BI for Office 365 Is Official, Ties Data Sources to Excel

After nearly eight months in public preview, Power BI for Office 365 is now generally available. Microsoft is aiming to unlock business intelligence for everyone with the new add-on service for Office 365.
By Thor OlavsrudFeb, 10 2014
Feature

9 Windows Azure HDInsight Big Data Success Stories

Microsoft says Hadoop is a cornerstone of big data and for that reason teamed up with Hadoop specialist Hortonworks on Windows Azure HDInsight Service. Here are nine success stories built on Microsoft big data service.
By Thor OlavsrudFeb, 6 2014
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