To be competitive, organizations have to make sense of all that structured and unstructured that’s flowing into the business every day. So companies are investing in business intelligence, analytics, and data science to turn all that data into actionable insights, according to an article in InformationWeek. But as the article points out, corporations need more […]
Lavastorm is pleased to announce that we have been included in Gartner’s February 2016 Magic Quadrant for Advanced Analytics. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant is the result of research that surveys hundreds of end users and serves as the industry standard for benchmarking leaders and innovators in certain markets. The report evaluated 16 different software vendors. Customer feedback […]
Headlines about organizational challenges are getting more sensational over time. Remember when knowledge transfer was the biggest worry? Now organizations are compelled to foster a pervasive data-driven culture in order to remain innovative. Comments such as “I don’t trust your subjective opinion. Bring me data-driven opinion” are all too common. Business leaders are at a big […]
Admit it. The analytic supply chain is broken. With limited resources, IT (the supply side) receive a massive demand from business while still maintaining the integrity of the data. Business analysts (the demand side) have lost their patience with IT bottlenecks but desire self-service, speed to insight and transparency. It’s time to prove that IT […]
This afternoon a byline from our CEO, Drew Rockwell, was featured on RT Insights. The post, titled Lavastorm: How to Get a Handle on Fast Data, explains the importance of speed within analytical analysis, as well as how self-service data prep can support that need for speed. Here’s a short excerpt from the byline: The […]
In our previous IT counseling session with Dr. Big Data, the doctor brought his patients, IT and the Business User, together, attempting to repair the relationship that has been drawn taut due to their differing philosophies on Big Data and analytics. He ended that session with homework for his two patients, asking them each […]
Data has a leader, and it has found its new hero in the Chief Data Officer (or CDO). Data in its raw form is nothing more than a mass of facts and records. But if properly managed, data can be the differentiator between mediocrity and remarkable success. Data stands on its own as a pillar of corporate success, […]
Data Lakes are the newest method for storing and managing data. But there are many factors to keep in mind. We hope this infographic can provide you with the right tools to get more out of your data lake and better navigate its waters. If you missed my last webinar, you can still catch the recorded version here. […]
The relationship between IT and business users has been drawn taut with the advent of Big Data and Analytics. Analysts would love to shout at IT as Sherlock Holmes did to Dr. Watson, “Data! Data! Data! I can’t make bricks without clay!” insinuating they can’t do any analysis without good data to use. In retort, […]
Hadoop began without dreams of grandeur, without vision for what it would be; the foundation and catalyst of the Big Data innovation. Hadoop is the framework that allows huge amounts of data to exist in a single environment creating what we now call Big Data. But Hadoop’s original vision was far away from what it […]