Data warehousing
7 big data projects that are delivering beyond the hype
Despite not looking as appealing as the gaudily dressed artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data is still delivering beyond the hype on many projects. We look at how Mercedes are using it on their quest for Formula 1 glory, how London councils are using data science to combat housing fraud and how the Met Office is handling its deluge of data.
News : Data warehousing
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September 18, 2018
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Sep'18
Oracle first-quarter 2018-19 results show weak growth
Oracle’s first-quarter results for 2018-19 reveal $9.2bn revenue and 1% growth, with co-CEO Mark Hurd calling out “spectacular growth” for the NetSuite cloud ERP for SMEs business
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September 13, 2018
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Sep'18
GCHQ mass surveillance regime was in breach of human rights law, European court rules
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled that the UK’s collection of bulk interception of communications data lacked adequate oversight and safeguards and was in breach of human rights law
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September 12, 2018
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Sep'18
Snowflake making headway in Australia
Cloud data warehouse supplier Snowflake has nabbed several Australian customers and is looking at delivering its software via the Azure cloud service next year
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August 29, 2018
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Aug'18
Talend tool targets Azure data integration for analytics use
Talend released software that does bulk data uploads to Microsoft's Azure SQL Data Warehouse. The goal is to streamline data integration and support real-time analytics.
In Depth : Data warehousing
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How Azure SQL DW Gen2 boosts cloud data warehouse's performance
The Gen2 version of Azure SQL Data Warehouse gives Microsoft's cloud data warehouse a shot in the arm on performance, making it more competitive with rival technologies. Continue Reading
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Silicon Valley startups home in on pressing value from data
A slew of California-based startup and early-stage data analytics companies are promising CIOs better ways to get value from their investments in databases and analytics Continue Reading
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MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor speaks about ‘expanding universe’ of BI
Co-founder and CEO of MicroStrategy takes the long view on business intelligence and sees its universe expanding with mobile technologies Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Data warehousing
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How automation can help create value, the 5th ‘v’ of data
This is a guest blogpost by Neil Barton, CTO, WhereScape For CDOs, defining the data and analytics strategy for their organization is increasingly the most important aspect of their job, with 86% ... Continue Reading
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Trainline shaking up rail travel beyond making trains run on time
Trainline's data scientists are applying the latest technologies to vast data sets to make train journey ticket prices easier to navigate Continue Reading
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The data warehouse – why it’s time to stop writing its obituary and modernise your approach
This is a guest blogpost by Dave Wells, practice director, data management at Eckerson Group. If there’s one thing the IT industry is exceptionally good at it, it’s proclaiming the death of a ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Data warehousing
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Max Schrems’s mass surveillance complaint knocked back another year or two by Irish judge
Irish data protection commissioner Helen Dixon has neatly avoided having to deal with the US surveillance of Facebook users in Europe by referring a complaint by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems to the European Court of Justice Continue Reading
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Investigatory Powers Bill – the case for mass surveillance
As the Investigatory Powers Bill goes through its final stages in Parliament, a former GCHQ intelligence officer puts the case for the bulk surveillance powers contained in the legislation Continue Reading
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It’s not too late to turn the tide on Investigatory Powers Bill
The government has set David Anderson QC an almost impossible task in his review of the sweeping bulk powers proposed in the Investigatory Powers Bill – but it is not too late to make a difference Continue Reading
Videos : Data warehousing
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Video interview: Tibco's analytics chief on the role of BI automation
Brian Gentile, general manager for Tibco's analytics business, believes BI needs self service combined with agent technology
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UKTech50 Video: Driving your business through analytics – Staples
In this video Dave Ubachs, European CIO of Staples discusses the opportunities around big data and analytics, how can the CIO can drive value. He outlines why data visualisation and analytics are great opportunities for IT to move up the value chain, and how smart IT people can become data scientists and why are they are uniquely equipped to do so.
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Imhoff: Data warehouse architecture must go beyond the traditional
In a video interview, consultant Claudia Imhoff discusses the increasing need to augment data warehouses with technologies such as Hadoop and real-time analytics systems.