Choosing the right data integration tools The need for pulling together growing volumes of data generated and collected by organizations has increased. Several types of data integration tools are available in the market. It has become a challenging task for IT leaders and CIOs to choose from so many products available to them.

The growing importance of data analytics and BI applications in taking strategic business decision has made data integration’s role crucial in an enterprise. From collecting data, transforming it into useful…

Big Data
Read more

Governance measures to be considered for data lakes Data lakes often need a huge volume of structured ungoverned data along with unstructured data. For discovering meaningful insights, the data goes through significant iterations of visualizations and discovery.

A proper framework is required to implement these iterations. Several data lake projects fail because they lack operational data flow, self-disciplined users, and appropriate data lake governance. In this blog…

Big Data
Read more

What should CDOs do with the value of connections? In our previous blog, we described the terms: value of connections and value of information. The value of connections allows us to analyze the data generated from connected things, devices, and organizations to draw out significant business plans and strategies.

A real world example is that of Uber. The business of Uber solely runs on the network of connections. The service is dependent on, among other things, the quality of…

Big Data
Read more

Smart cities need open data governance As the vision of creating a smart city using IoT and integrated communication technology has turned into reality, the access to meaningful data or open data has become a core demand. This meaningful data is the key to smart city development. Access to meaningful data will provide the people of smart cities with a citizen-specific and contextualized service environment.

Cities can use an open data framework to tailor it to their specific needs. This can be a city’s infrastructure expansion, making policies or determining the investment levels for technology…

Big DataIOT
Read more

Kickstart your data integration initiative Companies are bombarded with a huge amount of data such as text, figures, images, video, etc. streaming in from multiple channels like feeds, email, and Twitter at a non-stop pace. Information is now pouring in from all fronts, and it all needs to be analyzed, categorized and properly integrated.

The discipline of data integration comprises the practices, architectural techniques, and tools that ingest, transform, and combine data from several platforms within the enterprise and beyond. Gartner estimates that revenue…

Big Data
Read more

Use Big Data to increase customer loyalty An increasing number of businesses are attempting to make sense of the vast amounts of data generated through personal, societal, and industrial internet interactions from social media, mobile devices, and digital sensors.

Such information helps companies target customer communications, marketing campaigns, and special offers. Today, customer loyalty is paramount because the customer is in the driver’s seat when it comes to making…

Big Data
Read more

Big Data: Python, R or Julia?  Big data projects are becoming common. Organizations seek to take advantage of all that big data has to offer. While many companies are on board with the idea of implementing a big data project, properly executing one is another matter entirely.

Many factors have to be considered, from what types of legacy systems you have at your disposal to the talent and skills within your organization in the first place. One…

Big Data
Read more