Big Data Analytics: Turning Big Data into Big Money - Rilegato

Ohlhorst, Frank

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ISBN 10: 1118147596 ISBN 13: 9781118147597

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2013

Riassunto

<b>Unique insights to implement big data analytics and reap big returns to your bottom line</b> <p>Focusing on the business and financial value of big data analytics, respected technology journalist Frank J. Ohlhorst shares his insights on the newly emerging field of big data analytics in <i>Big Data Analytics</i>. This breakthrough book demonstrates the importance of analytics, defines the processes, highlights the tangible and intangible values and discusses how you can turn a business liability into actionable material that can be used to redefine markets, improve profits and identify new business opportunities.</p> <ul> <li>Reveals big data analytics as the next wave for businesses looking for competitive advantage</li> <li>Takes an in-depth look at the financial value of big data analytics</li> <li>Offers tools and best practices for working with big data</li> </ul> <p>Once the domain of large on-line retailers such as eBay and Amazon, big data is now accessible by businesses of all sizes and across industries. From how to mine the data your company collects, to the data that is available on the outside, <i>Big Data Analytics</i> shows how you can leverage big data into a key component in your business's growth strategy.</p>

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<p><b>FRANK J. OHLHORST</b> is an award-winning technology journalist, professional speaker, and IT business consultant with over twenty-five years of experience in the technology arena. He has written for several leading technology publications, speaks at many industry conferences, and has several industry certifications.

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The promises offered by Big Data&#150;driven decision making have been recognized broadly. Once the domain of only the heaviest of hitters&#151;including Amazon, eBay, and Disney&#151;Big Data analytics is now accessible to businesses of all sizes, across all industries. In Big Data Analytics, you'll learn how to extract intelligence and value out of your large data sets to grow your business, your bottom line, and your competitive edge.

Focusing on the business and financial value of Big Data analytics, technical guru Frank Ohlhorst shares his insights on this newly emerging field to demonstrate the importance of analytics and define the processes. In Big Data Analytics, Ohlhorst highlights the tangible and intangible values and discusses how to turn a business liability&#151;such as large scale data storage, backup, and archiving&#151;into actionable material that can be used to redefine markets, improve profits, and identify new business opportunities.

Beginning with the evolution of the technology as well as some of the basic concepts behind deriving value, Big Data Analytics explores:

• The different types of data sources involved and why they are important to businesses seeking to find value in data sets
• Building a business case that spurs investment into technologies
• The skill sets needed to successfully leverage your data sets
• How to incorporate Big Data into a corporate culture
• Various public and private sources for data
• Storage, processing power, platforms, and the elements that make up a Big Data analytics system
• The tools and techniques that keep large data sources secure
• Potential pitfalls and how to avoid them
• How Big Data moves through the analysis process and is transformed into usable information that delivers value

To become bigger, you must think bigger. Discover the value in your data sets and maximize your bottom line with Big Data Analytics.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1118147596
• ISBN 13: 9781118147597
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile