Big Data Has Huge Network Implications

Not everyone has been swept up by the Big Data hoopla which only showed up a year ago in Gartner’s five-stage hype cycle. While it has rosy expectations for the future, the research firm had Big Data approaching its “peak of inflated expectations,” to be followed by trough of disillusionment, slope of enlightenment, and eventually [...]

Is Big Data a Big Waste of Money?

It seems like we’re drowning in data, and the cures, including throwing more storage at it, and the relatively new concept of ‘big data’, are worse than the problem. Sort of a congratulations, the operation was a success but the patient died. However, despite the challenges, which are considerable, the opportunities and pay-outs for big [...]