Choosing software to deal with big data

Since the dawning of the digital age, companies have realised the importance of investing in effective big data solutions. The real question, however, is who do you choose for this big task? Research is critically important and companies need to start asking the right...

EMC announces data lake solution

EMC Corporation has announced the Federation Business Data Lake. The fully engineered solution includes leading storage and big data analytics technologies from EMC Information Infrastructure, Pivotal, and VMware to help customers leverage the new world of big data,...

Big data enables just-in-time business

Kathy Gibson at the IDC CIO Summit, Sandton – Just in time is not a new concept – but it is driving a new business model as companies look to become more effective in the market. Manoj Bhoola, director: database and technology at SAP Africa, explains that companies...

Why do so many big data projects fail?

Big data and analytics has reached the peak of expectations and is well on its way into the trough of despond, according to Gartner’s hype cycle – but why has it disappointed? Dave Goldberg, CEO of Survey Monkey, says the technology has started to slide because it has failed to live up to its promise. But there are ways to make big data work as intended. Kathy Gibson reports from CeBIT.

Digital rail systems to fuel big data

The global rail market offers huge opportunities for big data technology providers with Frost & Sullivan predicting that investment in the sector will reach more than $2,14-billion by 2021. The research group adds that investments will grow at a minimum of 60,3%....