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Is big data the answer for every company? No! – Fortune Tech

Big data technology isn’t for every company, according to SnapLogic CEO Gaurav Dhillon. But for those in certain industries, it can have major impacts.FORTUNE — If software is eating the world, as described by the prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen in 2011, then big data is supposed to be saving it. Right?Popular use of the term “big data,” which is used to describe technologies that […]

Stock Market Rally Won't Quit…Yet… :: The Market Oracle :: Financial …

Stock Market Rally Won’t Quit…Yet…Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Apr 22, 2014 – 10:42 AM GMTBy: Jack_Steiman

And why should it? Just because sentiment is poor, and the weekly and monthly charts look awful, doesn’t mean we should fall, now does it? I mean, don’t we need a real reason to fall? Poor charts just isn’t enough it […]

Big Brother and the big data dividend – diginomica

Satya Nadella, MicrosoftMicrosoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella conjured up some evocative language to stir enthusiasm for big data and the Internet of Things at the launch of SQL Server 2014 in San Francisco this week:
“The core evolution of silicon, software and hardware is putting computing everywhere humans are present. And it’s generating a massive data exhaust of server logs, sensor […]

Microsoft's Big-Data Angle: Office as a Friendly Front-End | Re/code

Microsoft has big plans for big data and a new vision for its use that the company hopes will re-establish it as an innovator in a crucial business sector.At a Tuesday event in San Francisco, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and a handful of other executives gave an overview of the latest refinements to the company’s big-data strategy, ones Nadella says […]

Weekly Big Data review: Vendors accelerate convergence of cloud …

Big Data and cloud computing are a perfect fit, but delivering on the potential of infinitely scalable analytics is much easier said than done. The industry is working to change that, however, and a lot of progress is being made.SAP this week introduced a simplified pricing scheme for its HANA platform that aims to make the in-memory database more accessible […]

Don't understand Big Data? Blame your genes! | SiliconANGLE

People charged with making sense of big data should understand one thing: You’re working against human evolution. Not surprisingly, that can cause problems.“Big data is very sexy and makes it seem like we can figure out anything. Well, maybe,” says Dr. Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine. Shermer, who holds a Ph.D. in the history of science, has written more than a dozen […]

3 Big Data problems facing businesses in 2014 | SiliconANGLE

Few trends in technology were hotter than Big Data over the last 12 months. In fact, so much has been said about it during 2013 that it’s hard to see what else we can say in 2014. But of course, there’s sure to be plenty of developments we don’t know about yet, as trends like the Internet of Things, mobile […]

10 Things You Need To Know Before You Start Trading Every …

10 Things You Need To Know Before You Start Trading Every MorningPosted by ZorTrades
on December 10th, 2013

Share on StockTwitsRisk management is the most important piece in this game.  You are nothing without it, you can trade pretty much whatever you want however you want with the proper risk management.  Your Ivy league degree, your […]

Big Data Is Growing Thanks To Mobile – Business Insider

BI IntelligenceThe world is awash in data.
CIBC, a Canadian bank, predicts that information-generation growth will increase 50 times over the next decade. IDC, a market research firm, similarly forecasts a 44-fold increase in data volumes between 2009 and 2020. Mobile, social, wearables, and The Internet Of Things are playing a large part in driving this explosion in data.Apple upended the […]