BIG DATA QUARTERLY
SUMMER 2015
Volume 1 number 2
CONTENTS
EDITOR'S NOTE | Joyce Wells
2 The Expanding World of Data Management
departments
3 BIG DATA BRIEFING
Key news on big data product launches, partnerships, and acquisitions
6 INSIGHTS | Peter Coppola
Unstructured Data: Overcoming Challenges to Reap the Rewards
8 INSIGHTS | Robert Greene
With NoSQL, a DBA’s Future Shines Brightly From the Past
10 INSIGHTS | Tye Rattenbury
The Emergence of the Data Preparation Market
features
4 THE VOICE OF BIG DATA
Leveraging the Magic of Hadoop: Q&A With RedPoint Global’s George Corugedo
12 COVER STORY | Joe McKendrick
NoSQL, NewSQL and the Emerging Blended Enterprise Data Environment
24 BIG DATA BY THE NUMBERS
The Benefit and Burden of the Internet of Things
columns
26 BIG DATA BASICS | Lindy Ryan
How to Socialize Data Virtualization Adoption
27 CLOUD CURRENTS | Michael Corey & Don Sullivan
The Virtual Infrastructure War: Who Is Goliath and Who Are the Many Davids?
29 HADOOP PLAYBOOK | Jim Scott
Running at Google Scale With the Zeta Architecture
30 THE IOT INSIDER | Stuart Taylor
What Can We Learn From the Dot-Com Era?
31 GOVERNING GUIDELINES | Scott Zoldi
Data Governance for Big Data at Rest and in Transit
32 DATA SCIENCE DEEP DIVE | Bart Baesens
Critical Reflections on Whether to Outsource Big Data and Analytics