Big Data is here to stay, and it is having a profound effect on businesses and societies. That having said; there are still so many organisations that have no clue about what Big Data is. Big Data means different things for different people, organisations and industries. While it is true
Read MoreCompanies have long been involved in the analysis of how a company performed over time. As the history of big data [https://datafloq.com/read/big-data-history/239] shows, already for many years, we try to understand how the organisations or the world around us behaves by analysing the available data.
Read MoreFor many organisations, it is still difficult to understand what Big Data is and how it should be incorporated into their business. This is quite understandable, as Big Data offers such radical and disruptive new possibilities as well as requires a dramatic cultural change for many organisations. The past weeks
Read MoreThe Internet of Things will offer organizations tremendous value and will provide consumers with fantastic benefits. However, the Internet of Things also comes with a wide variety of cyber risks that could harm organizations and consumers who work with the IoT. To protect your organization from these cyber risks, you
Read MoreIf you want to retain the trust of your customers, you better make sure that you don’t have any data breaches. As this infographic [http://www.safenet-inc.com/resources/data-protection/customer-loyalty-data-breaches-infographic/] , developed by Gemalto, shows, data breaches have a significant impact [https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/need-end-end-quantum-resistant-encryption/] on consumer trust,
Read MoreWith the amount of data that organizations have to deal, with expected to grow into the exabytes in the coming year(s), we will need better technology. Bring in High-Performance Computing, or HPC in short, and a completely new world opens for you. HPC is dramatically changing the playing field.
Read MoreIt is the end of the year again and that means it is time for the Big Data trends for next year. I did that for 2014 [https://datafloq.com/read/big-data-trends-2014/124], I did it for 2015 [https://datafloq.com/read/five-big-data-trends-2015/661] and now it is time for
Read MoreIn the past years, I have seen a flood of information on data lakes, and it looks like it is becoming as much of a buzzword as Big Data [https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/3vs-sufficient-describe-big-data/]. I described data lakes [https://datafloq.com/read/five-big-data-trends-2015/661] as a growing trend in 2015
Read MoreIt is generally accepted that big data can be explained according to three V’s: Velocity, Variety and Volume. In a 2001 research report, META Group (now Gartner) analyst Doug Laney defined big data as being three-dimensional, i.e. increasing volume (amount of data), velocity (speed of data in and
Read MoreThe quality of the civil infrastructure within a country, determines its economic possibilities. How can Big Data improve the infrastructure?
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