In Depth

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Big data analytics

• CW500: Forget the fancy graphics: how to make big data work for ordinary people  

  If there is one thing big data specialist Chris Osborne has learned after five years of working with big data, it is that the public don’t like graphs  Continue Reading

• EMC ViPR software-defined storage: Why, and can it succeed?

  EMC’s ViPR software-defined storage aims to provide a multi-vendor management layer with cloud and big data capabilities. But can it convince other storage companies to play ball?  Continue Reading

• CW500: Thinking outside the big storage box

  Big data doesn’t necessarily mean big storage infrastructure  Continue Reading

• What does a petabyte look like?

  How can you visualise a petabyte of data? What is it in real terms? Some experts try to make real the colossal size of the mighty petabyte  Continue Reading

• Social technology, big data can increase productivity, says McKinsey

  Social technologies and the effective use of data can stoke economic productivity, according to the McKinsey Global Institute  Continue Reading

• Organisational design of data analytics sparks brightest and best

  Business leaders confront thorny issues in the organisational design of data analytics. Buy or build vies with data science or democracy as issues in play  Continue Reading

• Storage struggles to keep up with data growth explosion

  Big data analysis needs a split from the traditional approach of matching back-end infrastructure to application requirements.  Continue Reading

• Rugby Football Union uses IBM predictive analytics for Six Nations

  IBM tries out predictive analytics software, TryTracker, developed in association with the Rugby Football Union (RFU)  Continue Reading

• CW500: Skills shortages loom as development comes back in-house

  Businesses will have to raise their game to recruit the developers they need to take advantage of cloud, big data and mobile computing  Continue Reading

• CW500: Five technology forces that will change businesses forever

  CIOs have a unique opportunity to take the lead in innovation as disruptive technologies overturn traditional business models  Continue Reading

• Process big data at speed

  Low-cost solid state memory is powering high-speed analytics of big data streaming from social network feeds and the industrial internet.  Continue Reading

• Choosing a platform to manage the big data mix

  Big data requires a change in both mindset and technology as businesses seek to analyse various forms of data from myriad sources.  Continue Reading

• Online gambling sector bets on business intelligence

  Online gambling and gaming industries crave structured business data. Volumes can be huge and they need to react to customer behaviour  Continue Reading

• Buy or build afflicts data scientist capability

  ‘Data scientist’ once barely registered as a search term but is now close to a million web results. What is this job role, of which so much is said?  Continue Reading

• GE uses big data to power machine services business

  GE, one of the UK's largest manufacturers, is using big data analytics with data generated from machine sensors to predict maintenance needs  Continue Reading

• Big data and master data management more coupled than expected

  Master data management provides the dimensions for big data facts, as a slew of big data projects highlight a link to data governance and quality  Continue Reading

• Top 10 business applications stories of 2012

  Connection between information and applications has impressed SAP’s and Oracle’s customers with innovation but assimilation has been tough  Continue Reading

• Top 10 supplier profiles 2012

  Download in-depth reports on leading IT suppliers from Computer Weekly  Continue Reading

• Accenture: How to wage the war for big data analytics talent

  CIOs face a struggle to recruit big data analytics talent. Accenture research suggests thousands of new analytics jobs will be created in the UK  Continue Reading

• Interview: Stafford Murray, head of performance analysis, English Institute of Sport

  Stafford Murray and his team’s data analytics efforts at London 2012 helped deliver success for Team GB. How did they do it?  Continue Reading

• Data visualisation tools evolve with big data

  The world of data analysis is changing, as is data visualisation. Learn about recent and emerging data visualisation tools and principles  Continue Reading

• Unilever enterprise data warehouse locked to business programmes

  Unilever is building a global enterprise data warehouse (EDW) locked into the critical paths of high-profile business programmes.  Continue Reading

• How to manage unstructured data for business benefit

  The cloud offers some progress in the resource-sapping management of unstructured data, but it is critical to work back from the business case.  Continue Reading

• Aster Data founders explain unified approach to data, big and small

  Aster Data’s founders explain their approach to handling relational data and, within the same engine, multiple forms of non-relational data: the principle of closure  Continue Reading

• Irish dairy exporter plots expansion with data matching

  Irish Dairy Board aims to match consumer preferences with the dairy produce of farmers and processors. Aligning data from multiple sources is critical if data matching is to sub-serve export growth  Continue Reading