Doug Cutting – Hadoop creator – is reported to have explained how the name for his Big Data technology came about: “The name my kid gave a stuffed yellow elephant. Short, relatively easy to spell and pronounce, meaningless, and not used elsewhere: those are my naming criteria.” The term, of course, evolved over time and […]
Posts Tagged ‘Data Science’
Big Data Trends (Part – 3) Open Source Statistical Programming
This is part 3 of the Big Data Trends i have been covering the past couple of weeks. I covered the changes to the traditional ETL solutions that are increasingly being used in enterprises ( stream processing ). This part covers yet another trend in Big Data. Open source statistical programming and Crowd sourced data […]
Big Data, New Roles: Data Scientist
Big data has had its fair share of limelight this year. But with the emergence of this new capability, what changes will be left in its wake? One may be a stronger demand for the role of data scientist. If this is your first time hearing this title, don’t be alarmed. As of March 2012 […]
Data Scientist – Will this be the dream job in the near future? – Part 2
In Part 1 we saw an overview of Data Science and how a Data Scientist comes into picture. Let’s now look into some of the challenges firms face in finding these skilled data scientists and what measures they could take to overcome the same. Challenges & Initiatives to consider There should be no surprises that […]
Data Scientist – Will this be the dream job in the near future? – Part 1
According to Fortune – Data Scientist is “The hot new gig in tech”. Indeed, the term Data Scientist is slowly being seen as one of the in-demand career options. With the increasing trend of firms like Facebook & Amazon depending more and more on data science to have that vital competitive edge, the value of […]