Daily Big Data Feed – Sep 30, 2012

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

  • Hadoop and map-reduce on multicore machines – Stack Overflow

    • By K Gupta
    I have read a lot about Hadoop and Map-Reduce running on clusters of machines. Does some one know if the Apache distribution can be run on an SMP with several cores. In particular, can multiple Map-Reduce processes be run on the … (more)

  • Need for big data analysts may call for updated university curricula

    • AME Info With a focus on transforming business through IT, EMC’s recent ‘EMC Day 2012′ in Dubai raised several issues regarding the development in expertise for emerging IT trends. District Manager Said Akar told AMEinfo how, as big data becomes key to business … (more)

  • Putting big data to work

    • Business Standard Ten years ago, if a marketer told you he has a mine of data on his consumers what would you imagine would be the source and size of this information? Well, it would be a compilation of data the consumer would volunteer to offer while filling up her … (more)

  • Challenges in mining big data: Gary Hawkins

    • Business Standard In his recent blog for the Harvard Business Review, Gary Hawkins, CEO, Hawkins Strategic, a US-based consultancy focused on gathering, understanding, and using detailed customer data in retail, says big data has the potential to kill all but the … (more)

  • Predictive Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Scientist – Infochimps

    • Does your job include responsibilities such as predictive analytics, data mining, business intelligence, or big data? Are you going to be in the Windy City this … (more)

  • Computational & Data Science, Infrastructure, & Interdisciplinary …

    • We believe that any academic institution wishing to advance computational and data science needs to first examine its status in three areas: cyberinfrastructure … (more)

  • Big Data: How close to enterprise-ready?

    • ZDNet Big Data: How close to enterprise-ready? Moderated by Steve Ranger | October 1, 2012 — 07:00 GMT (00:00 PDT). Summary: Big Data technology can absolutely take Enterprise analytics to the next level….but when? Lawrence Dignan. Will ramp quickly. or … (more)

  • The Knowledge Revolution Is Not About Big Data, It’s About

    • Well-Connected … Forbes 9/30/2012 @ 3:29PM. The Knowledge Revolution Is Not About Big Data, It’s About Well-Connected Little Data. 0 comments, 0 called-out. + Comment now. + Comment now. Designer Austin Yang’s fanciful iTypewriter. Most often, tech companies are rewarded … (more)

  • Clone the Closers: How Big Data Can Help Sales Leaders Succeed

    • Business 2 Community In my last blog post, I shared why I believe the real challenge sales leaders face today isn’t the fact that sales forces are decreasing and why it is changing the 90/10 rule, where 90 percent of the sales people are at or below goals and 10 percent … (more)

  • Open Labs Data Science Services

    • Open Labs at Liverpool John Moores University is seeking to commission a company to provide data science services on a retained basis The appointed provider … (more)

  • What big data did next

    • ComputerWeekly.com (blog) Ask a database vendor what they want to talk about next and odds on they’ll say “big data and analytics” pretty quick. Ask a middleware or infrastructure software the same question, you’ll probably get the same answer. Actually, if you ask a cloud … (more)