NFS -- a distributed file system protocol -- allows access to files on a remote computer in a manner similar to how a local file system is accessed.
Big data analytics should be a slam dunk for utility companies, which manage networks of devices that continuously generate streams of data. A new report from IDC reveals that utilities are uncertain about what they're doing or why they're doing it.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 5, 2014
Data warehousing specialist Kalido and business intelligence stalwart Noetix have been merged into a new meta-entity: Magnitude Software.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 22, 2014
Long ignored, data archiving in most organizations today needs to be rethought and upgraded so it achieves modern goal.
- By Philip Russom, Ph.D.
- July 22, 2014
Instead of forecasting whether a prospect will take an action once they're contacted, persuasion modeling attempts to measure whether customers will take an action only if they're contacted.
From continuous analytics to operational intelligence to good old complex event processing, the future is one of streams: lots and lots of streams.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- July 22, 2014
In an effort to protect their privacy, consumers may be providing merchants with inaccurate data.
- By Mike Schiff
- July 15, 2014