The Real Big Data Podcast with Mark Sear: Defining Big Data Analytics for Business

Paris: city of love, art and, of course, analytics. Well, at least for the duration of this episode of The Real Big Data’s podcast, The Voice of Big Data. Because this edition of the podcast is all about defining big data analytics and how it’s overturning the business world, flying in the face of traditional IT infrastructure strategies.

My guests for this episode, helping me wade through the exciting and revolutionary world of analytics, are both from Squid Solutions: CEO Adrien Schmidt and SVP of Business Development John Broadhurst.

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The Real Big Data Podcast with Mark Sear: Fast (Big) Data

Websites, newspapers, pubs: big data is being talked about everywhere. And, in this episode of The Voice of Big Data, it’s being talked about in the back of a taxi travelling across the cobbled streets of Brussels.

And what better place to discuss some of the pressing issues surrounding big data today, including Europe’s reaction to big data; fast big data, or fast data, the next generation of big data; and big data in sport.

It’s a bumpy ride, but it’s worth coming along. Listen to the podcast below and submit your questions to the podcast@therealbigdata.com or leave a comment here on The Real Big Data site itself.

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The Real Big Data Podcast with Mark Sear – Marketing, Healthcare and Customer Intelligence

Welcome back to another episode of The Voice of Big Data — the podcast that thrusts itself right into the heart of the subject that is currently launching a thousand headlines: big data.

As ever, we’ll be asking and, in most cases, answering the big questions that revolve around big data. In this edition we’ll be delving into what the future holds for big data, in terms of business, e-commerce and healthcare — specifically relating to health analytics. We’ll also be finding out how targeted a marketing campaign can be.

Are you ready to plunge into the depths of big data with us? Listen to the podcast below and submit your questions to the podcast@therealbigdata.com or leave a comment here on the site.

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The Real Big Data Podcast with Mark Sear – September 2012

Big data: those are the words on everyone’s lips right now. What is it? Where does it come from? What do I do with it? How can I use it? Will it crush me? Those are just some of the questions people are asking about big data and with the Voice of Big Data — our new regular podcast — we aim to tackle those questions, and we also want YOUR input.

Over the coming months I, Mark Sear, will be exploring the impact of big data on the world — how it changes businesses, governments, societies, cultures and individuals. Alongside a host of industry experts, ranging from influential business people to journalists to analysts, I’ll be cutting through myths surrounding this hot topic and trying to get to the heart of this thing called big data. I’ll also be answering your questions, so get submitting them to podcast@therealbigdata.com or leave a comment on the site. You can listen to the podcast below.

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