Daily Big Data Feed – Sep 28, 2012

Daily aggregation of big data news from @cloud_aware, dataaware.net.

  • Is Data Scientist the Sexiest Job of Our Time?

    • IEEE Spectrum Like many start-up companies, business networking site LinkedIn once struggled to capitalize on the mountains of data generated by its users. Then, in 2006, a new hire, data scientist Jonathan Goldman, swept in and tamed the unwieldy data mess in a way … (more)

  • CIOs Shouldn’t Let Big Data Rule Their Decision-Making

    • Wall Street Journal (blog) We’ve been reading and hearing a lot about Big Data lately, and it’s a very real consideration for CIOs. But all this talk reminded me of some first-hand experiences with executives who used technology as a crutch in their decision making. Some 15 … (more)

  • Businesses starting to catch on to big data

    • NorthJersey.com Most businesses don’t know what “big data” is or how it can help their company make better and more financially sound decisions, while others are moving cautiously to harness its power, according to a recent survey from a New Jersey-based research firm. (more)

  • Terracotta a Finalist for the Big Data Award

    • Sacramento Bee SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Terracotta, Inc., the leader in in-memory technologies for enterprise big data, today announced that its customer Sabre was a finalist for leading German publication Computerwoche’s Big Data Award … (more)

  • Forget big data, the future is the democratisation of data

    • Marketing Week Getting a handle on big data has been the issue keeping many marketers up at night in recent months. But there’s a new beastie under the bed ready to creep up and change the face of marketing and the role of the CMO: the democratisation of data. Lara O … (more)

  • Data ScientistTimes Tech Track 100 London with Guru Careers | 15887

    • Employer: Guru Careers, Location: Camden, London (NW1), ID: 15887, Hours: Full Time, Contract type: Permanent, Date posted: 27 Sep 2012. (more)

  • Big Data and Cloud: Delivering Value from Day One

    • Wired (blog) If you believe the hype, every vendor is a Big Data vendor and every new company is a cloud company. Cloud and Big Data form the beginning or the end of every other sentence in Silicon Valley. While you should disdain the hype, don’t disregard the real … (more)

  • Understand Your Customers Better With This Big Data Solution

    • Forbes Not a lot of companies can successfully reposition themselves, but Big Data company Actian has done just that. The company, known for its Ingres database, has brought on board a growing list of customers since it introduced its Vectorwise product a … (more)