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The Data Lake Wars Are Just Beginning

If you’re in the IT business, you’ve probably heard about the data lake concept. Even though the term was coined a few years ago, it’s only recently being… Continue Reading

Calling the McLaren Team

A team works to improve performance in Formula 1 racing. A couple of years later, they’re asked to help with airport efficiency, oil drilling and drug… Continue Reading

Now You See It, Now You See It Better: How to Turn Big Data Into a Purposeful Visual Presentation

By now, it's common knowledge that the reason the space shuttle Challenger blew up mid-launch was because of an O-ring that failed at temperature. What's… Continue Reading

5 Best Practices to Assure Your Data Lake is Swimmingly Successful

As big data becomes a mainstay in the business, many organizations are abandoning the data warehouse for data lakes. With a data lake, you don't have… Continue Reading

Is a Data Lake the Better Solution to Your Data Warehousing Issues?

The good old data warehouse has serviced business admirably for decades. Generally structured as a relational database, it is the go-to data resource… Continue Reading

When Data Meets Philosophy

When it comes to big data, philosophy is a bit overwhelmed. Attitudes vary tremendously. Some people fear it, others see it as necessary (but distrust… Continue Reading

Is Big Data a Bigot? How Big Data Can Lead to Unintentional Discrimination

Discrimination based on one's age, sex, race, sexual orientation, handicap, and other issues is wrong. Not only is it wrong, but in many cases it is illegal.… Continue Reading

Music + Big Data = Music Science

Music and statistics have gone hand in hand since the beginning of radio. But lately digitization, the decline of analog devices and the rise of analytics… Continue Reading

Webinar: “A Business User’s Guide to Big Data on Hadoop" (September 23rd)

On the 23rd of September, Ioana Hreninciuc and Andrew J Brust will host the “Business User’s Guide to Big Data on Hadoop” webinar. The… Continue Reading

Are You Ready for the Future of Big Data?

The initial surge of the big data revolution is winding down. Most businesses are now at least aware of the potential big data holds and have a plan in… Continue Reading

Full Metal Data Lake - The First Data Lake as a Service in The World

The Full Metal Data Lake is hereWe are pleased to annouce the first Data-Lake-as-a-Service in the world! Bigstep's Full Metal Data Lake  is the easiest,… Continue Reading

Get Your Enterprise (NCC-1701D) Ready for Data Lake

Say you’re Captain Picard. Your company is your flagship. Your Enterprise. With the right strategy, your ship can take you anywhere. But it must run flawlessly.… Continue Reading