There are many forms of big data practices today – many of which focus around business intelligence practices, a key area for my own practice. One key vendor I have found very progressive has been Microstrategy based in Virginia, and who has provided one of the most robust applications for the industry vertical including banking, […]
In the book, Moneyball author Michael Lewis showed that there were a few statistics that answered key questions about an offensive player’s potential: On-base percentage: Can the batter get on base? Slugging percentage: Can the batter hit for power? In our game, there are three primary numbers we care about. Below I’ll refer to “content elements” which can translate to concepts, […]
Interesting article on the NSA and Big Data from InformationWeek. It clearly states that the technologies underpinning the NSA’s data collection and analysis programs provide much for IT pros to cheer. The agency has built a scalable, extensible, secure big data system that rivals, and in some cases exceeds, anything cloud heavyweights like Google, Amazon or […]