There has been a lot of activity around the concept of Smart City for some time. Cities are being identified as future smart cities. Theoretically at least, smart cities can fundamentally change our lives at many levels such as less…
What is the success rate in Hadoop adoption?
There has been a lot of hype around Hadoop for a long time. This hype was expected because Hadoop is perceived an extremely efficient big data processing tool. But time has come to look at some cold, hard facts. It…
What are the top big data analytics pain points?
Big Data offers business enterprises a never-before opportunity to improve productivity and their revenue. However, enterprises have been struggling with the task of getting the best out of the Big Data they collect. A survey conducted in 2012 on 300…
Apache Drill – Magic to make Big Data Analysis Easier for Everyone?
Many people consider big data analysis as something that can be done only by the data scientists. According to these people, big data processing and analysis require special skills such as statistics, technical knowledge and prior experience that are possessed…
What is the impact of big data in home health care?
Big data represents an unprecedented opportunity for the healthcare industry to move to the next level of service quality. While a lot of discussion on the relation between big data and the healthcare industry tend to circle around the services…
How big data analytics can help in Personal Fitness Devices?
The personal fitness device industry is changing with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT). Previously, the personal fitness devices were just devices, isolated, doing a specific job such as recording your blood pressure. You could either view the…