Category Archives: Big Data

Big Data, Meet the Mouse

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Peter

Caveat: Peter is both a stockholder of The Walt Disney Company (DIS) and one of the world’s biggest mouse-ear-wearing nutjobs.  You can occasionally find him sipping coffee on the Lilly Belle. I should probably have titled this “Oh, I see … Continue reading →

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Big Data and Creativity

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Edward

One of the things I appreciated most about my high school education was the fact that the curriculum was developed with the express goal of teaching us how to think rather than teaching us by rote.  There was no “new … Continue reading →

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This is why “Shadow IT” happens

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Peter

One of my friends, let’s call him Rich, works for one of the largest school districts in the U.S. as a technology coordinator.  Rich is the business end between the classroom and the prodigious IT resources a top-10 school district … Continue reading →

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Tackling that unstructured data mess, practically

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Peter

Yesterday I wrote a little about the resurgence of phone calls asking about ILM and played a bit of a highlight reel as to a workable strategy from the perspective of a Compliance expert.  The challenge, as I stated, was … Continue reading →

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