Thursday, 15th March 2012

Planning for Big Data: A CIO's Handbook to the Changing Data Landscape

Source: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

From the publication web page:

In an age where everything is measurable, understanding big data is an essential. From creating new data-driven products through to increasing operational efficiency, big data has the potential to makeyour organization both more competitive and more innovative.

As this emerging field transitions from the bleeding edge to enterprise infrastructure, it's vital to understand not only the technologies involved, but the organizational and cultural demands of being data-driven.

Written by O'Reilly Radar's experts on big data, this anthology describes:

• The broad industry changes heralded by the big data era
• What big data is, what it means to your business, and how to start solving data problems
• The software that makes up the Hadoop big data stack, and the major enterprise vendors' Hadoop solutions
• The landscape of NoSQL databases and their relative merits
• How visualization plays an important part in data work

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• Technology (DocuTicker)

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• O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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By Peggy Garvin

Peggy Garvin, of Garvin Information Consulting, is the author of United States Government Internet Directory (Bernan Press) and Real World Research Skills, 2009 (TheCapitol.Net). In her 20 years in the information business, Peggy has managed electronic information products and services in a variety of environments, including commercial publishing, e-commerce, law firms, and the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. Peggy's work has been recognized with the 2011 SLA Dow Jones Leadership Award. She has a Masters of Library Science degree from Syracuse University School of Information Studies.

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