January 16, 2017
January 16, 2017 | Volume 12 Issue 1
• LEAD ARTICLE: Big Data for Small Companies
• FEATURED ARTICLE: DevOps: Bridging the Gap Between Development and Operations
• NEWS HIGHLIGHT: UCG Technologies Accelerates Geographic Expansion with Acquisition of Pittsburgh-based Integrator
• BUYER'S GUIDE: TLAForms
• FEATURED VIDEO: How Augmented Intelligence is Affecting Data Science and Nuclear Research
• EVENT: Business Intelligence is Changing: Make Your Game Plan
Big Data for Small Companies
As a small company, how do we get value out of big data?
Written by Steve Pitcher
Big data. The tech world news surrounding big data is dominated by what the larger players are doing. They of course are flagship examples for big savings and big revenue.
A great example of a company using big data would be Kroger. The average return rate for coupons is 3.7 percent, according to the Direct Marketing Association. Kroger does 71 percent. They target each customer individually and market to them as such as part of a quarterly coupon mailer:
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DevOps: Bridging the Gap Between Development and Operations
Learn how DevOps can improve collaboration and productivity by bringing agility to both development and operations teams. Understand the challenges involved in adopting the DevOps culture and the strategies to mitigate them.
Written by Joydip Kanjilal
DevOps is fast emerging as a great way to build and deploy applications that can run both on-premise and cloud alike. DevOps is a philosophy that attempts to bridge the gap between application development and operations for better productivity and reduced costs, risks, and cycle times. If your organization is contemplating a move towards DevOps, many factors need to be considered before this culture is adopted.
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