Category Archives: Big Data
The Real World of Big Data (Infographic)
Click image to see a larger version The Real World of Big Data via Wikibon Infographics
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Big Data
Louis Columbus at Forbes.com surveys key big data forecasts and market size estimates, including Gartner’s recent Hype Cycle for Big Data. The winning technologies in the immediate future? “Column-Store DBMS, Cloud Computing, In-Memory Database Management Systems will be the three most transformational technologies in … Continue reading
The Big Data Explosion (Infographic)
Lotsa data in this Infographic about data growth
SAS CTO on Big Data and Big Compute
“One of my biggest challenges,” Keith Collins told me recently, “is helping SAS understand how to communicate to IT organizations. We present workloads which look odd and different. IT does not know how to have an SLA (Service Level Agreement) around them. … Continue reading
The Big Data Landscape Revisited
Bruce Reading, CEO of VoltDB, has an interesting and original take on the big data landscape. Last year, Dave Feinleib published the Big Data Landscape, “to organize this rapidly growing technology sector.” One prominent data scientist told me “it’s just a bunch of … Continue reading
Top 10 Predictions for $2.14 Trillion IT Market in 2014: IDC
IDC issued recently its top 10 predictions for 2014. IDC’s Frank Gens predicted that 2014 “will be about pitched battles” and a coming IT industry consolidation around a small number of big “winners.” The industry landscape will change as “incumbents … Continue reading
UK Online Porn Traffic Plunges Amid Strict Age Verification Laws
Since July 2025, the UK has witnessed a dramatic transformation in its online adult content ecosystem. The sharp fall in visits to major pornographic sites coincides with the enforcement of strict age verification measures under the Online Safety Act. These … Continue reading
Mobile Drives Big Data: Ericsson Mobility Report
The complete report is here and here