With Big Data come big databases, but not the old-fashioned kind. The biggest databases these days bring the best of both worlds: traditional columnar power and functionality, combined with the scalability and schema-agnostic flexibility of NoSQL. This one-two punch creates a new world of possibilities for business value as companies can dynamically weave together insights and high-powered Business Intelligence.Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear veteran Analyst Dr. Robin Bloor who will explain how this new era of hybrid Very Large Databases will fundamentally transform the manner in which companies store and analyze enterprise data.
Keeping in Context: A New Generation of Business Applications
Understanding context is a critical success factor for any decision-maker. Getting a clear view of the big picture can help guide all kinds of important decisions. That's why many organizations are focused on weaving together structured and "unstructured" data, to create a strategic view of enterprise issues and opportunities. The answers are usually found somewhere in between a SQL query and a Google-style search. Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to learn from veteran Analyst Neil Raden of Hired Brains, who will explain how a new breed of analytical applications can generate a wide range of targeted insights.
It's the story that won't die. Businesspeople are still encountering incomplete and inconsistent data despite the fact that businesses are spending billions of dollars on business intelligence (BI), data integration, data warehousing (DW), and master data management (MDM) systems, and this is on top of what they're spending on enterprise applications, application integration, and data services.
With the release of its Real-time Compression Appliances IBM threw another variable into the data center equation. Roughly speaking you can view the situation in the following way: Data Centers are expensive in terms of space, power, cooling and particularly, labor. And yet the amount of data we store regularly increases by about 55% per year. We may talk about Big Data, and indeed many data centers are assembling big pools of data, but the reality is that the data growth rate has stayed pretty constant for decades.
With over 18 tracks and more than 180 sessions featuring a star-studded line up of Tableau experts and enthusiasts, the 2012 Tableau Customer Conference is jam-packed with learning opportunities to help you turn data into dollars for your organization. There are so many good reasons to attend, you really have no excuse!
What will drive innovation and investment over the next five to ten years?
The convergence of streaming and 'big data' applications, mobile computing and social media analysis is shifting enterprise organizations away from transaction-based systems. The end result? An Event-Driven Architecture.
