The Connected Business June 2012

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So fast – and so large – has the volume of digital business data grown that companies need new strategies to analyse it or risk severe damage to operational efficiency and profits

Jun 19, 2012

Crunch time for big data

Companies are discoving ways to exploit the huge volumes of data they and others generate, reports Paul Taylor

Jun 19, 2012

Storage: Warehouses – a mine of information

Organisations already sit on a load of information, says Stephen Pritchard

©Dreamstime Jun 19, 2012

Graphics: Images key to reading detail

Big Data makes visualisation a must for all but the most talented individuals – otherwise you can’t see the wood for the trees, writes Alan Cane

©Dreamstime Jun 19, 2012

ETL: Tools will help vendors clean up

Preparing data for analysis can overwhelm smaller firms, writes Jessica Twentyman

©Bloomberg Jun 19, 2012

Intelligence: How to best reach workers on the go

Companies are using apps and server-based systems to keep mobile workers up to date, writes Jessica Twentyman

Management: Cloud allows analysis on demand

Specialist providers are helping small companies make better use of information to help with everything from distribution to staff rotation, writes Michael Dempsey

The Large Hadron Collider at Cern in Geneva, Switzerland

Perspectives: Business faces up to digit deluge

Alan Cane asks if big data will submerge businesses under the sheer volume of binary digits or if it will, in these difficult economic times, prove to be their salvation

The Connected Business 2012

In this issue

Crunch time for big data

Companies are discoving ways to exploit the huge volumes of data they and others generate, reports Paul Taylor

Storage: Warehouses – a mine of information

Organisations already sit on a load of information, says Stephen Pritchard

Graphics: Images key to reading detail

Big Data makes visualisation a must for all but the most talented individuals – otherwise you can’t see the wood for the trees, writes Alan Cane

ETL: Tools will help vendors clean up

Preparing data for analysis can overwhelm smaller firms, writes Jessica Twentyman

Intelligence: How to best reach workers on the go

Companies are using apps and server-based systems to keep mobile workers up to date, writes Jessica Twentyman

Management: Cloud allows analysis on demand

Specialist providers are helping small companies make better use of information to help with everything from distribution to staff rotation, writes Michael Dempsey

Perspectives: Business faces up to digit deluge

Alan Cane asks if big data will submerge businesses under the sheer volume of binary digits or if it will, in these difficult economic times, prove to be their salvation

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