Making Data Simple

Mike Ferguson, an independent analyst with Intelligent Business, and David Corrigan, director of product marketing for IBM InfoSphere and Information Integration and Governance, talked recently about how to build confidence in big data. In this segment, they delved into context: how to visualize and understand the context of big data so data scientists, business users and executives all know what is available and thus have more trust in that information.

Mike Ferguson, an independent analyst with Intelligent Business, and David Corrigan, director of product marketing for IBM InfoSphere and Information Integration and Governance, talked recently about how to build confidence in big data. In this segment, they delved into context: how to visualize and understand the context of big data so data scientists, business users and executives all know what is available and thus have more trust in that information.

Mike Ferguson, an independent analyst with Intelligent Business Strategies, talked with David Corrigan, director of product marke

Mike Ferguson, an independent analyst with Intelligent Business Strategies, talked with David Corrigan, director of product marke

Tim Crawford is a renowned executive information technology thought leader in the areas of IT Transformation, Innovation and Cloud Computing. He has extensive experience working with startups through large enterprise organizations on strategic planning, organizational development, governance, and program management. Tim described for us the key points of overcoming inertia and the “three-legged race” of culture, and he shared why he thinks now is the most exciting time to be in an IT role in the last 25 years.

Tim Crawford is a renowned executive information technology thought leader in the areas of IT Transformation, Innovation and Cloud Computing. He has extensive experience working with startups through large enterprise organizations on strategic planning, organizational development, governance, and program management. Tim described for us the key points of overcoming inertia and the “three-legged race” of culture, and he shared why he thinks now is the most exciting time to be in an IT role in the last 25 years.

This episode features two experts with very different perspectives talking about the intersection of big data, analytics and the databases that make it all possible. IBM Champion David Birmingham is a Senior Principal with Brightlight Consulting. He has more than 25 years of experience in very –large-scale solution deployment, focusing on the IBM Netezza appliance. Jessica Rockwood is a senior warehouse development and performance expert in the IBM Lab in Toronto, specializing in DB2, BLU Acceleration and Cognos Business Intelligence.

This episode features two experts with very different perspectives talking about the intersection of big data, analytics and the databases that make it all possible. IBM Champion David Birmingham is a Senior Principal with Brightlight Consulting. He has more than 25 years of experience in very –large-scale solution deployment, focusing on the IBM Netezza appliance. Jessica Rockwood is a senior warehouse development and performance expert in the IBM Lab in Toronto, specializing in DB2, BLU Acceleration and Cognos Business Intelligence.

Doug Stephens (@RetailProphet) is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists and author of the groundbreaking book, The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism. His work and thinking have influenced many of North America’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands. He is also the consumer technology contributor on the acclaimed international television series App Central, as well as the retail contributor for CBC Radio.

Doug Stephens (@RetailProphet) is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists and author of the groundbreaking book, The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism. His work and thinking have influenced many of North America’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands. He is also the consumer technology contributor on the acclaimed international television series App Central, as well as the retail contributor for CBC Radio.

IBM recently announced DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration, which uses a combination of columnar data store, memory optimization and hardware exploitation to improve performance for analytic workloads. Today, we have Phil Downey, worldwide program director for DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows, joining us to talk a bit about BLU Acceleration, why we developed it, and how companies are using it. For more information about the IBM big data platform and products, visit www.ibm.com/bigdata

IBM recently announced DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration, which uses a combination of columnar data store, memory optimization and hardware exploitation to improve performance for analytic workloads. Today, we have Phil Downey, worldwide program director for DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows, joining us to talk a bit about BLU Acceleration, why we developed it, and how companies are using it. For more information about the IBM big data platform and products, visit www.ibm.com/bigdata

Edd Dumbill is VP Strategy at Silicon Valley Data Science and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Big Data. He’s also an entrepreneur, author, software developer, and chair of Strata conference. formerly was principal analyst at O’Reilly Radar. In a recent article titled “Big Data is Rocket Fuel,” Edd made the case that big data stands on 3 legs: Open source software Commodity computing hardware The data itself In this podcast, he explains that stance and explains what organizations need to do to launch the rocket.

Edd Dumbill is VP Strategy at Silicon Valley Data Science and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Big Data. He’s also an entrepreneur, author, software developer, and chair of Strata conference. formerly was principal analyst at O’Reilly Radar. In a recent article titled “Big Data is Rocket Fuel,” Edd made the case that big data stands on 3 legs: Open source software Commodity computing hardware The data itself In this podcast, he explains that stance and explains what organizations need to do to launch the rocket.

Master data management has been around for many years. Now, with the emergence of big data technologies, MDM is seeing a resurgence in popularity and importance. Rick Clements, program director of Master Data Management Product Marketing, explains why MDM is a foundational aspect of a big data platform and how the two technologies work together to solve business challenges. For more information about the IBM big data platform and products, visit www.ibm.com/bigdata