You Too Can Become a Data Rock Star & Change the World
I had the chance to attend Apache Spark Summit last week in Amsterdam and was lucky enough to meet Matei Zaharia in person (he is my MIT Big Data online course assistant professor). Matei is indeed a...
View Article6 Things You Should be Looking for in a Big Data Platform
In order to become data-driven, organizations need to be able to understand the “what?”, the “why?” and the “what if?” using not only their enterprise data (myopic view), but also the Big Data...
View ArticleBig Data and the Big Game: Super Bowl 50
It’s almost time for the big game–the one and only, Super Bowl—and this year promises to be even bigger and better than ever. Super Bowl 50 takes place Feb. 7, 2016, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara,...
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How Apache Spark™ Feeds Real-Time Sports Analytics
With the Euro 2016 tournament now drawing to a close, and having two kids of my own in a competitive soccer league, even a French husband; I now live and breathe football (or soccer depending on your...
View ArticleBig Data is Revolutionizing Political Campaigning
In the coming months and over the next year, several important votes and elections will take place around the world: the presidential elections in the United States this November; the French...
View ArticleCatch the Big Data Wave – Talend Named Leader in Forrester Wave™: Big Data...
I am proud to announce that for the second time this year, Talend has been recognized by a leading independent research firm as a Leader in Big Data. Today, Forrester Research named Talend a “Leader”...
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Your ‘Resolution List’ for 2017: 5 Best Practices for Unleashing the Power of...
As we all prepare for the New Year, what are the top priorities on your agenda for 2017? Is a data lake part of it? Are you looking for ways to do it right? Then we might be able to help you go...
View ArticleMergers, Acquisitions and Customer Experience in the Age of Data
When one company acquires a smaller entity or engages in a merger of equals, it’s important for both sides of the organization to come to the table and outline how said merger will impact everything...
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The Paradise Papers: How the Cloud Helped Expose the Hidden Wealth of the...
In early 2016, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published the Panama Papers –one of the biggest tax-related data leaks in recent history involving 2.6 Terabytes (TBs) of...
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The Rise of Agritech: How the Agriculture Industry is Leveraging Cloud, Big...
How can we meet the world’s food needs while respecting the environment? With the population set to grow to over 9 billion people by 2050, answering this question is becoming more urgent. As arable...
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Surfing the Big Data Wave – Our 3 Key Takeaways from The Forrester Wave™: Big...
This edition of the Forrester Wave is yet another proof of the profound changes in the data market. New innovations are helping companies extract more value from data faster than ever before. In just...
View ArticleData Scientists Never Stop Learning: Q&A Spotlight with Isabelle Nuage of Talend
Data science programs aren’t just for students anymore. Now, data scientists can turn to open online courses and other resources to boost their skill sets. We sat down with Isabelle Nuage, Director of...
View ArticleAstrazeneca: Building the Data Platform of the Future
AstraZeneca plc is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that is the world’s seventh-largest pharmaceutical business, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company focuses on the...
View ArticleHit the “Easy” Button with Talend & Databricks to Process Data at Scale in...
The challenge today for big data is that 85% of on-premises based Big Data projects fail to meet expectations and over 2/3 of Big Data potential is not being realized by organizations. Why is that you...
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The Secret Recipe for Digital Transformation? Speed & Trust at Scale
Today’s ever-increasing competitive market is forcing organizations to become more data-driven. To support key business objectives such as growth, profitability and customer satisfaction, businesses...
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How to Unlock Your SAP Data Potential for Accelerated Analytics – Part 1
Many SAP customers have been running SAP on premise for decades and have struggled to harness the full potential of their business processes data running inside of SAP along with other enterprise and...
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