One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

We are fortunate to live in an exciting time where multiple technological leaps are occurring. Specifically, I am thinking of the mobile industry transition from 4G to 5G, and the cross-industry IT ...

Businesses are struggling with the rapidly increasing volume, speed and variety of information being generated today – what's come to be known as big data. Companies are seeking technologies that not ...

One of the more frustrating aspects of any Big Data project is the amount of time and effort spent on just getting the software infrastructure required to support it up and running. Aiming to reduce ...

“You can’t handle the truth.” We all remember Jack Nicholson’s iconic words in A Few Good Men as a seminal moment in pop culture. Yet, that statement has a lot of relevance for companies and their ...

The explosion of new types of data in great volumes from many different sources that has come to be known as big data has resulted in a false premise that lurks on the sidelines of many discussions.

As AI continues to dominate the technology landscape, the data underlying the information these artificial intelligence ...

As businesses realize the importance of big data, adoption is on the rise. A recent survey from NewVantage Partners found that 62.5% of firms now have at least one big data project in production. But ...

One implication of ubiquitous sensing as evidenced by the rapid growth of the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is the explosive increase in data being collected. This data comes from myriad sources: According ...

There is little question that big data has broken through, not only to the enterprise IT agenda, but also to the public imagination. Barely a day passes without mention of new capabilities for mining ...

The availability of big data analytical tools for use in cardiovascular practice and research will grow rapidly Big data analytical applications, such as predictive models for patient risk and ...

Big Earth Data Journal is calling for papers for a Special Issue on Addressing incomplete reference data for leveraging ...