The Big Data Perspective

Today we're delving into the buzz with Scott Gnau, CTO at Hortonworks, about everything from data as cultural heritage to big data in the cloud.

The worlds of big data and big data analytics are colliding. We're fortunate to speak with Howard Dresner, also known as the father of business intelligence, about business intelligence, big data analytics, and the future of both.

The medical industry is one that's quickly realizing the potential that big data analytics has, and what its doing with data is, in many cases, incredible. Today, we're speaking with Dr. Charlotte Hovet, Medical Director of Healthcare Solutions at NTT Data Services to hear from her how big data is changing the medical field.

When it comes to big data, everyone wants a success story. Today, we're talking with Shawn Rogers, Chief Research Officer at Statistica, about elements of what holds people back from big data success.

Today we're talking with Jack Norris, MapR Senior Vice President of Data and Applications about what's happening in the Spark versus Hadoop space, the future of big data and the enterprise, and much more.

We're moving towards a new era in data analytics and of course, the business intelligence world has been watching avidly. We're happy to have with us Mico Yuk, CEO of BI Brainz and the popular Analytics on Fire community, and author of Data Visualization for Dummies. She'll be giving us her perspective on what's happening in big data and BI.