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Oh, Oh. Big Data Has Problems. Impossible. A happy quack to the reader who alerted me to “5 Problems with Big Data.” How can this be? Big Data is the new black, the new enterprise search, the new information management opportunity.

Generalizations about Big Data: Hail, the Mighty Hadoop I read “A Big Data Cheat Sheet: What Executives Want to Know.” The hidden agenda in the write up is revealed with the juxtaposition of the source Social Media Today and the technology Hadoop.

Is (Human) Collaboration the Key to Big Data Progress? The article titled Big Data Must Haves: Capacity, Compute, Collaboration on GCN offers insights into the best areas of focus for big data researchers. The Internet2 Global Summit is in D.C. this year with many exciting panelists who support the emphasis on collaboration in particular. The …

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In The Globe and Mail Unearthing big myths about big data Myth 01: Big data is big Myth 02: Big data needs to be applied right away Myth 03: The more granular the data, the better

Big Data Debunkers Arise, Unite, Question Value I enjoy reading the “analyses” of Blue Chip consulting firms. I have had a brush or two with the folks at these outfits over the years. I seem to recall working for one of them and doing consulting for a couple of others. At age 70, who knows? …

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VVVVV and Big Data Somewhere along the line a marketer cooked up volume, variety, and velocity to describe Big Data. Well, VVV is good but now we have VVVVV. Want to know more about “value” and “veracity”? Navigate to “2 More Big Data V’s—Value and Veracity.” The new Vs are slippery. How does one demonstrate …

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