Taming the Elephant....Building a Big Data & Analytics Practice - Part I

A couple of decades ago, the data and information management landscape was significantly different. Though the core concepts of Analytics, in a large sense, has not changed dramatically, adoption and the ease of analytical model development has taken a paradigm shift in recent years. Traditional Analytics adoption has grown exponentially and Big Data Analytics needs additional and newer skills. For further elaboration, we need to go back...

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5 Ways to Secure the Public Cloud

As cloud computing becomes more sophisticated and mainstream, the shift to the public cloud is gaining tremendous traction. With big-brand clouds (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure) fast evolving, more and more enterprises are moving away from private clouds. However security is justifiably a top concern when moving applications and data into the public cloud. Some of the questions foremost on everyone’s mind ...

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Cyber Threat Intelligence – What is needed?

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is a term used to address any kind of information that protects your organization’s IT assets from potential security impeachment. CTI can take many forms. It could be internet based IP addresses or geo locations TTP’s (Tools, Tactics and Practices). These work as indicators or early warnings of attacks which can take a toll on an enterprise’s IT infrastructure. There are numerous vendors across the globe whose...

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Cyber Threat Intelligence – What is needed?

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is a term used to address any kind of information that protects your organization’s IT assets from potential security impeachment. CTI can take many forms. It could be internet based IP addresses or geo locations TTP’s (Tools, Tactics and Practices). These work as indicators or early warnings of attacks which can take a toll on an enterprise’s IT infrastructure. There are numerous vendors across the globe whose...

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Store as Fulfillment Center: Omnichannel and the Future of Retail

Omnichannel has come of age for brick-and-mortar retailers. Traditional retailers have been on a slow yet steady adoption of digital technologies over the last two decades. First arrived e-commerce, which retailers took on as another channel for customer acquisition and sales. Coupled with this emerged online-only players opening up new avenues of fulfillment. Then came smartphones, setting a new paradigm of customer experiences. Today,...

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Why Retailers Should Recruit a Chief Omnichannel Officer Now

Thanks to modern technology and digital tools, the opportunities to interact with and buy from a brand today are ubiquitous. Customers want to shop anytime, anywhere. Omnichannel rules, and smart retailers are getting on board. For the customer, the best of omnichannel creates a consistent and uniform experience across all touch-points — online, brick-and-mortar stores, social media, events, mobile and more — all the time. For the retailer,...

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Web Summit 2015: The 3 Day Tech Event Wraps up

Amidst the incessant rain, the amazing Tech event- Web Summit 2015 was wrapped up on 5th of November at Dublin. The 22000 tech enthusiasts including me are returning back to our home countries with mindful memories of insightful tech talks and the networks that we built during the last three days. Web Summit is shedding its Irish roots and will be moving to Lisbon next year. Yet another significant announcement by the organizers was that 10000...

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Web Summit 2015: The Tech World Musings From Dublin

Grown from the 400 attendees five years back to the current 22000 tech enthusiasts, the Web Summit 2015 continues to deliver innovative ideas and fascinating thoughts to the tech world gathered at the bustling RDS venue, Dublin. Cars and technology took the center stage on day 2. Augmented reality, Virtual Reality, Drones, and Wearables were also some of the key highlight topics that seized the audience attention on day 2. Check out some...

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5 Drivers for Securing The Internet of Things

If you have any doubt at all about the impact of the IoT, consider these facts: 75 percent of the world’s population has access to a mobile device. When you compare the number of connected devices in 2009 (0.9 billion) to the number today, it represents a 30-fold increase. It is estimated that over 26 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020. Along with the massive growth of IoT is the growth of corresponding security...

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Key Security Tactics to Help Protect Your Business from a TalkTalk hack

Isaac George, SVP & regional head of digital transformation company Happiest Minds UK, discusses the increased number of security threats UK organisations are exposed to following the TalkTalk hack. Cyber crimes are not only occurring with mounting frequency in today’s wireless world, but they are also becoming increasingly sophisticated and widespread. Just this month, major UK telecommunications, internet access and mobile network...

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