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• Business Analytics

  • Don't let data visualization projects get lost in complexity

    In a podcast Q&A;, consultant William McKnight explains why keeping things simple can help set data visualization initiatives on the path to success.

  • Swim with the tides of change to visualize data -- and decisions

    Consultant Lee Feinberg explains how you can take decision making to the next level by giving more people in your organization access to business intelligence and data visualization capabilities.

  • Design a business intelligence system properly -- for business users

    Rick Sherman explains how to avoid common mistakes when planning and designing BI systems, saying that the varying needs of different business users must be front and center.

• Data Center

  • IT business continuity plans help data centers expect the unexpected

    When an unexpected IT event crashes a website, there is an effect throughout the business. Learn to prepare for the worst and handle the unexpected.

  • Rack cooling, workload management tools fight hotspots

    Whether it's an enterprise or a research cluster, data centers are running into hotspots -- and cooling them from the outside in or the inside out.

  • Share data at all levels with IBM's name/token service

    IBM name/tokens are popular for sharing data among mainframe programs, but little problems can add up to a performance hit.

• Data Management

  • SQL-on-Hadoop steps out front at Hadoop Summit 2014

    This edition of the Talking Data Podcast takes a look at the recent Hadoop Summit 2014, where SQL where Hadoop shared the spotlight with SQL.

  • Is a second machine age on the way, driven by big data?

    MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee see elements that may betoken another machine age, including big data and advances in predictive analytics. And it might not be a mirage.

  • In building the big data future, architectural issues add up

    Building a big data architecture is more complicated than setting up a data warehouse to support BI applications. But that creates new opportunities for data architects to shine.

• DataManagement UK

  • Big data roundtable webcast: gaining value from big data

    Roundtable discussion on business value of big data, chaired by Brian McKenna, Editor, SearchDataManagementUK, and featuring Mike Ferguson, Roxane Edjlali (Gartner), Joshua LeCure (GlaxoSmithKline).

  • 2012 training courses: BI, data management, data warehousing

    Find out where to hone your business intelligence, data management and data warehouse skills with this list of training courses for 2012.

  • Poor data quality: what is dirty data costing UK organisations?

    Poor data quality can have serious financial consequences for businesses. Read about the current state of data quality management at UK companies, including dirty data problems.

• Oracle

  • Q4 drops Oracle stock, but cloud may be silver lining

    In recent Oracle news, the Q4 report drops Oracle stock, but Ellison more focused on cloud gains. Oracle released new Virtual Compute Appliance.

  • Data in Micros' point-of-sale systems may be alluring to Oracle

    Micros Systems sells POS software to major retailers, restaurants and hotels. Why is Oracle interested in that? Maybe, it's about the data.

  • No normalization unexpected In-Memory option top feature

    Oracle Database In-Memory option beta tester didn't go for Ellison's big-ticket items. He calls freedom from normalization the best use case.

• Content Management

  • Metadata tagging and the innovation behind search-based applications

    Search-based applications and metadata tagging enable access to all kinds of enterprise information. But diverse formats make tagging a challenge.

  • A good SharePoint WCM architecture takes business savvy

    SharePoint 2013 has a number of new WCM features, but be selective: A well-designed WCM system should scale and flex to meet the business' needs.

  • Effective WCM systems work behind the scenes

    Effective Web content management systems work behind the scenes to organize and present information based on audiences' actual needs.

• Windows Server

  • When to use CPU affinity with Windows Server 2012 R2

    There are several issues to consider before you decide to use CPU affinity in Windows Server 2012 R2.

  • Making the right Windows Server 2012 R2 hardware decision

    Server hardware selection can have a profound impact on operating system and workload performance.

  • SMB protocol prerequisites in Windows Server 2012 R2

    Basic SMB doesn't require much more than a compatible OS. Advanced features in SMB 3.0 like Multichannel or Direct have a few more requirements.

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