Big Data and analytics have been gaining momentum for the past few years, so the question in 2014 is: Why is this year going to be the most important year for data? What’s different?
Big Data and analytics have been gaining momentum for the past few years, so the question in 2014 is: Why is this year going to be the most important year for data? What’s different?
Big Data and analytics have been gaining momentum for the past few years, so the question in 2014 is: Why is this year going to be the most important year for data? What’s different?
The answer is that companies are now not only collecting larger quantities of data, but they are finding better ways to leverage that data. The real opportunity with Big Data is in how it lets us reframe the questions we ask about that data.
Previously, we asked big-picture questions, such as “How does this trend relate to past trends?” Now, data concerns are becoming more specific. Today, we can ask questions like:
We can make better decisions based on our answers, and we can watch the data in real time to see how our decisions affect change in our organizations.
Today’s sophisticated Big Data analysis applications are giving companies easier access to information. We have access to technology that compresses huge amounts of data so that we can store more data and retrieve it faster. But there are also many other ways to ensure your infrastructure can support high volume and dynamic interactions with data:
tw telecom is exploring Big Data possibilities for our own markets, so we understand the challenges and why it’s so important to our customers. In 2014, we’ll work with you to ensure you’re utilizing data as efficiently as possible.
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Ed Finnegan, Director of Database Administration, keeps tw telecom’s own data analysis initiatives on track to help us deliver a superior experience for our customers.
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