Tag Archives: big data

Big Data Problems

Posted on September 10, 2015 by way0utwest

Nate Silver is a “data guy.” He has made a career of analyzing data, and doing it well. His site, FiveThirtyEight, has become very popular in the last few years after some of their political predictions were surprisingly accurate. Now the … Continue reading →

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Problems with Big Data

Posted on April 9, 2014 by way0utwest

Big Data is constantly in the news. We’ve been asked at SQLserverCentral to try and develop some articles, perhaps even a stairway to explain what Big Data is and how we might use it. I’m still trying to grasp the … Continue reading →

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Big Data Comes to Hiring

Posted on February 3, 2014 by way0utwest

I remember first seeing kiosks a few years back in some stores such as Best Buy, Target, Barnes and Nobles, etc. The devices had banners above them that invited people to apply for a job using the computerized system. This … Continue reading →

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Is Big Data Good for Data Professionals?

Posted on January 9, 2013 by way0utwest

There’s a lot of hype around “big data”, a term being thrown around so much in the media that I’m not really sure what it means anymore. Is 1TB “big data”? Is 10,000 transactions/sec big data? Or does it mean … Continue reading →

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