Big Data

Big data is a term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing application software is inadequate to deal with them. Challenges include capture, storage, analysis, data curation, search, sharing, transfer, visualisation, querying, updating and information privacy. Software vendors, eager to sell you their wars have re-classified it describe ” All the data your business produces” and the claim … Read more

Are you wondering if a recommendation engine is the next big purchase for you?

Some retailers in particular have made a great deal of extra profit through offering clever recommendations to their customers so much so that the notion of the recommendation engine came of age in the last three or our years spurring a wave of new offerings form software vendors and plenty of noise in the blogosphere. … Read more