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  • The past is an untrustworthy guide to the future

    As we move forward with big data and come to rely on the insights it brings, a close eye must be kept on our initial assumptions and the constants we use when designing queries. If big data can dig as deep as its proponents say it can, perhaps it will uncover these flaws as well. Until then, assume nothing.

Spotlight: Big data in 2013

Tom Davenport, the director of  research at The International Institute for Analytics, recently expressed uncertainty over how big data will play out in the year to come.

Oracle adds big data to utility play with DataRaker buy

Oracle  announced today that it is acquiring DataRaker, which provides a cloud-based analytics platform that allows utilities to leverage large amounts of data.

Boomers driving data just in time

Trust and the fear of death are good for business, and good for big data.

IDC: Less than 1 percent of world's data being analyzed

If value is derived from the volume of data produced, then in eight years, emerging markets will be more valuable than developed ones based on which market will produce the most data. That's when analysts from IDC say emerging markets will supplant the rest of the world as leaders in producing data.

1,000 academic institutions using EMC courseware

One great way a solutions supplier can create a preference for its technology is to train the next generation of IT professionals on it while they're still in school.

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