I am writing this after recently attending three conferences focused on Big Data Analytics in New York:   HPC on Wall Street Strata Hadoop IBM’s Analytics for All. The technical sessions and the end-user discussions in particular were superb and...

I called my parents in India this morning. I do this almost every day. But I realized that today (Oct/2) is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday and his 144th birth anniversary. Then, during my morning jog, in the neighborhood park, on this...

Velocity: It determines the speed and efficiency in capture, storage and retrieval of data and often drives performance and availability requirements. Veracity: This establishes the authenticity of data that is available to perform analytics and to arrive at useful insights....

Our best wishes to you, your families and friends for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year. Much of 2012 was a stimulating hike through the emerging computing technology (ECT) landscape; with the last month or so being an exciting...