There is a lot of excitement in the big data community around the potential impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) so I was looking forward to attending the IoT Summit last week in San Francisco. I’d like to share with you some of the things I observed. There were several insightful sessions I attended... more
Every year, as Fall approaches, I look forward to the Strata + Hadoop World conference in New York. As a technology buff, I am constantly watching for the earliest signs of an industry inflection point. With Big Data, I believe we are at one such critical juncture. My deduction, while not too scientific, has some... more
The promise of big data continues to grow, but the challenges of fulfilling that promise, for the vast majority of customers, have not been overcome. Informatica has set a course to change that with both our technology and $1M Big Data Ready Challenge. The thing about big data – perhaps the biggest thing – is... more
Data Governance As new information management tech trends continue to emerge, I try to evangelize a truism that the core data governance framework, processes and best practices are agnostic of – and should support – any technology. For example, I discourage terms like “Master Data Governance”, “Cloud Data Governance,” “Mobile Data Governance” and “Big Data... more
A joint blog post from Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly and Informatica CEO Anil Chakravarthy Enterprises today have enormous opportunities to harness big data to improve their competitiveness. In this new age of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), information and data in their organizations are coming from a multitude of different sources worldwide. Everything and everyone is connected... more
I was thrilled with Informatica’s $1 Million Dollar Big Data Ready Challenge announcement this week. It got me thinking about Howard Baldwin – Forbes community editor for Data Driven Business – recent articles. Our contest will challenge Big Data experts to think about these high points and encourage them to push the boundaries on what... more