Big Data at Work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1422168166 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Big Data at Work offers insight to the business and technology components of a big data strategy, a path to success, and best practices from across industry sectors.”. Davenport’s clear approach will enlighten managers about the need to carefully mine these resources to improve operations and products while driving new and competitive strategies.”Rob Bearden, CEO, HortonworksThomas Davenport has supplied a smart, practical book for anyone looking to unlock the opportunitiesand avoid the pitfallsof big
It will show you how to put big data to work in your own organization so that you too can harness the power of this ever-evolving new resource.. But his research in the years that followed changed his mind.Now, in clear, conversational language, Davenport explains what big data meansand why everyone in business needs to know about it. Go ahead, be skeptical about big data. The author wasat first.When the term big data” first came on the scene, bestselling author Tom Davenport (Competing on Analytics, Analytics at Work) thought it was just another example of technology hype. Big Data at Work covers all the bases: what big data means from a technical, consumer, and management perspective; what its opportunities and costs are; where it can have real business impact; and which aspects of this hot topic have been oversold.This book will help you understand: Why big data is important to you and your organization What technology you need to manage it How big data could change your job, your company, and your industry How to hire, rent, or develop the kinds of people who make big data work The key success factors in implementing any big data project How big data is leading to a new approach to mana
Very helpful use cases of how Big Data efforts might be focused, for business people who need them Cesar A. Brea The book marks a watershed moment in the Big Data zeitgeist. Much of the business literature on the topic to this point has been more evangelical, telling us how analytics and Big Data will make us all taller, smarter, and more handsome. But the general sense for me has been of stories that are "way out there" for most organizations. This latest book is much more about how to realize these visions. Great Intro to Big Data for Newbies Vincent I don't have a technical or analytical background, but I recently became interested in topics like predictive analytics and data science, and I wanted to learn more about them. I hear the term "big data" used a lot, so I wanted to find out what it's all about.This book is an excellent introduction to big data. It explains what it is, how it's different from "traditional" data analytics, why it's i. Excellent review of Big Data Big data. What is it and why the heck do we keep hearing people talk about it? Hasn't it been around for years and years? Haven't we always looked at data? Yesand no. In Big Data at Work author Tom Davenport, expert in analytics, shares with us that at one time he too thought big data was just a retread of old information. But then he started looking into it and he discoveredbig data is new. In th