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IoT And Big Data At Caterpillar: How Predictive Maintenance Saves Millions Of Dollars
IoT technology will increasingly make it easier to drive positive growth and increase efficiency

When it comes to big data and Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives most companies are still in the design or early adoption phases which make it hard to get a solid return on investment (ROI) figures. So it's refreshing to share a story of an organization delivering real-world ROI for their customers by vastly ramping up their data collection and predictive maintenance analytics. The Marine Division of Caterpillar serves fleet operators of tug boats and shipping vessels for whom fuel usage often drives the bottom line.  + Read More
2017 Big Data 100: 15 Coolest Big Data Platform Vendors
Elevating Big Data Operations

Business analytics and data management software may be the most visible components of a company's big data ecosystem. But under those software products are complex, integrated systems - either on premise or in the cloud - that serve as platforms for big data applications, processing huge volumes of data and providing the horsepower that keeps big data systems running. The CRN editorial team has created the fifth annual Big Data 100 list, identifying vendors that have demonstrated an ability to innovate in bringing to market products and services that help businesses work with big data.   + Read More
The Analytics Journey: Competing on Data and Analytics in 2017
Leaders need to collaborate to deliver on the business potential of Big Data

We're entering an era where organizations are looking to move beyond the traditional data warehouse. But the data warehouse is not going away just yet. Far from it. Data warehouses will remain an indispensable part of the analytics toolbox for a long time to come-but they won't stand alone. When I talk to customers, most tell me they're planning to modernize their analytics in terms of: Augmenting the data warehouse with cloud data warehouses such as Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Azure SQ Data Warehouse, Snowflake and others. Augmenting the data warehouse with data lakes and business self-service, etc.  + Read More
Why 2017 Will Be The Year Of Big Data
Win or Lose... Big

With the rise of data as a resource and a tool to be exploited by businesses for enhancing their functions and systems, analytics and targeted strategies incorporating data have become the key to conducting business effectively. Big Data, in particular, can provide extremely powerful business intelligence. With an estimated 40 zettabytes (43 trillion gigabytes) of data to be created by 2020 (an increase of 300 times on the amount of data in circulation in 2005), at a rate of 2.5 quintillion bytes per day, data is a valuable resource.  + Read More
The 6 Best Data Science Master's Degree Courses In the US
There is a skills crisis in Big Data and data science

This is being driven by the increasing demand for people capable of generating insights and making accurate predictions, using the ever-increasing amount of data we are now capturing, storing and analyzing. This of course makes it a hot career choice at the moment. Businesses in all sectors are looking for recruits with these skills. Forward-thinking employers are also becoming more switched on to the idea of "training up" existing staff. So those already in a career but looking for a sideways-step onto a potentially more interesting or rewarding track might consider data science and analytics a very tempting option.  + Read More
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