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Contributor: Steve Swoyer


Stephen Swoyer is a technology writer with more than 16 years of experience. His writing has focused on business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics for almost a decade. He’s particularly intrigued by the thorny people and process problems most BI and DW vendors almost never want to acknowledge, let alone talk about.

  


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Agony and Ecstasy at Hadoop Summit

Hadoop all but went supernova at last month's Hadoop Summit event.

Making the Best Decisions: Using Context, Inclusion, and Information Foraging

When it comes to decision making, what you exclude can be as important as what you include.

A More Agile Approach to Data Quality

Agile and data quality could make for an especially organic fit. After all, DQ already has an agile ace in the hole: the data steward.

Big Data and Meaningful Storage Metrics

Big data has the potential to alter the calculus by which data management groups buy, manage, and structure information storage.

The New Model of Retail Sales Analytics

The New Model of retail sales analytics aims to optimize and personalize the retail shopping experience for customers by integrating non-traditional data sources.

What "In-Memory" Truly Means

In-memory database engines seem to be everywhere. Trouble is, few so-called "in-memory" databases actually run completely in memory.

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