IBM controls climate data

IBM controls climate data

May 11, 2015

The German Climate Computing Center is using technology and services from IBM to manage the world’s largest climate simulation data archive, used by leading climate researchers worldwide. The archive currently consists of more than 40 petabytes of data and is...

Big data answers ‘what if’ questions

May 11, 2015

Almost any definition of big data is based on Doug Laney’s original preposition of the three Vs – velocity (the data is growing rapidly), variety (the data comes from many sources – both structured and unstructured) and volume (the data is big), says Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management. However, there are challenges with the three Vs definition for big data. Furthermore, many organisations believe that big data is business intelligence (BI).

Big data on its own is not enough

May 8, 2015

Companies are constantly gathering data – but no one has perfected the insights-driven action that should be the output of data collection, according to Forrester. Big data is, in many instances, exacerbating the situation for companies that are failing to...

Cubic Blue tackles GRC for big data

Apr 22, 2015

Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID) group has launched a new company called Cubic Blue that specialises in enterprise information management (EIM) directed at big data, governance, risk and compliance (GRC). Cubic Blue is a reseller and implementation partner for...

Answering the digital business question

Apr 17, 2015

The event of digital business is disrupting organisations and processes like never before. According to research, an incredible 30% of big businesses have absolutely no big data plan in place, while a further 51% of these organisations are not aware of what can be...