If you follow technology transformations within the telecommunications market, chances are that you subscribe to RCR Wireless News — they publish a steady stream of content covering the full gamut of trends in devices, networking, and infrastructure. They’ve also built up a good library of resources covering big data analytics and Internet of Things, particularly…
Author Archives: Karina Babcock
Q&A With Cloudera: Big Data Isn’t New—How You Use It Is
Thanks to MeriTalk for featuring this Q&A on their blog and allowing us to syndicate it here. By Dan Verton and Diana Manos, MeriTalk Advancements in big data and analytics have given agencies an unprecedented ability to leverage information to drive actionable insight, to understand constituent needs, and to provide personalized services─from real-time traffic and weather updates,…
Reflecting on this Year’s Data Impact Awards Winners
As another Strata + Hadoop World comes to a close, I’m left in my annual dazed, contemplative state — and not just from fatigue or a hangover. There’s a lot to soak in. The conference has grown by leaps and bounds over the past several years, which seems to have a direct correlation with continued…
Raise a Glass to the 2014 Data Impact Award Winners!
If you’re attending the Strata + Hadoop World conference this week, chances are you’re using Hadoop in some way, shape, or form today to do something interesting or to improve your organization’s efficiency. The fact that this year’s conference has moved to the big leagues — the Javits! — and still managed to sell out…
Customer Spotlight: Western Union is Still Embracing Innovation After All These Years
As a globally recognized brand known for having brick and mortar retail agent locations on every street corner, you might think Western Union is a traditional financial services institution. In reality, it’s been the company’s ongoing focus on innovation and transformation that explains Western Union’s success dating back to the mid-1800s — when its iconic…