Volume, velocity and variety characteristics of information assets are not three parts of Gartner’s definition of big data, it is part one, and oftentimes, misunderstood. Most people only retain about ...

Social data refers to publicly shared information on social media platforms. Discover how it's used for marketing, its advantages, and the risks associated with data breaches.

This blog is about an industry area that has come to be called “Big Data.” The excitement around Big Data is huge; the mere fact that the term is capitalized implies a lot of respect. A number of ...

The fundamental data structure in a data processing system. Any unit of data defined for processing is a data element; for example, ACCOUNT NUMBER, NAME, ADDRESS and CITY. A data element is defined by ...

Rohit Amarnath is CTO of Vertica, the Unified Analytics Platform, enabling predictive business insights based on a scalable architecture. So, what’s fueling all this growth? Based on my industry ...

Data structures and algorithms are vital elements in many computing applications. When programmers design and build applications, they need to model the application data. What this data consists of ...