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TD Ameritrade Chief Data Officer Discusses Appointment #MITIQ
In their ongoing coverage of MIT Data Quality conference, Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly spoke with Derek Strauss, Chief Data Officer, TD Ameritrade. The three discuss his responsibilities as CDO and the importance of data science to the financial services industry. Strauss was actually sought after to be TD Ameritrade’s CDO, a position created for ...
MIT Engineering Professor Discusses the Good, the Bad and Future of Data Analysis #MITIQ
In their ongoing coverage of the MIT Information Quality conference, Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly spoke with Stuart Madnick, MIT Professor of Engineering Systems. The three discuss the value of big data, exploring the importance of quality data and interpretation. The three also review the emergence of the Chief Data Officer (CDO). Madnick describes one ...
Data Science Education on the Rise #MITIQ
In their ongoing coverage of the M.I.T. Data Quality Program Conference, Dave Vellante and Jeff Kelly spoke with Michael Rappa, Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Analytics at North Carolina State University. The three discuss the Institute’s program to produce data scientists, as well as duties and opportunities for graduates. The goal of the ...
Bandzoogle’s Onesheet Acquisition May Set New Digital Standard for Independent Artists
With its recent acquisition of Onesheet, Bandzoogle aims to offer the definitive website for musicians, actors, comedians and models. Brendon Mulligan developed Onesheet in 2011 to provide musicians the equivalent of an “About.me” page that aggregated and automatically updated their profiles and music content from sites like Facebook, Bandcamp, SoundCloud and iTunes with automatic updates ...
Apple Offers Expensive iOS Apps and Games for Free
Apple begins the week in a generous spirit, offering free apps and games at the App Store. Just two of several freebies include Traktor DJ (regularly $20) and Infinity Blade II (regularly $7). Apple has not formally launched a promotion campaign with these giveaways, but several reporters like Sam Byford of TheVerge believe these offerings ...
Jay-Z’s Brand Helps Samsung “Write the New Rules” of Tech Marketing #MagnaCarta
Music impresario Sean Carter, also known as Jay-Z, said it best when he tweeted, “I make history for a living.” In an unprecedented display today, Jay-Z unveiled the cover art for his his highly anticipated ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ album installed next to one of the four original surviving 1215 Magna Carta documents at the ...
Dr. Konstantin Boudnik Discusses WANdisco’s 100% Guarantee
Dr. Konstantin Boudnik, Director of Engineering and Big Data Distribution for WANdisco joins John Furrier and Dave Vellante in theCUBE. The three discuss WANdisco’s unique guarantees as a pioneer in the industry. Traditional high availability architecture in HDFS allows users to copy over edit logs, but usually comes with downtime (ranging anywhere from 1 to ...
Platfora CEO Discusses Innovation in Business Insight and Company Growth
Ben Werther CEO of Platfora joins John Furrier and Dave Vellante in theCUBE for their ongoing coverage of Hadoop Summit. The three discuss Platfora’s innovation in business insight and corporate growth. Vellante notes that many companies have not been able to derive the value promised from business insight. He asks Werther what gives him the ...
New Sqrrl CEO Discusses Security and Business Strategy
Mark Terenzoni, CEO of Sqrrl, joins John Furrier and Dave Vellante in theCUBE for their ongoing coverage of Hadoop Summit. sqrrl builds software for Apache Accumulo and enables the development of secure, real-time applications that leverage big data. The three discuss security and Sqrrl’s business strategy. Vellante observes that there is significantly greater awareness of ...
Tresata CEO and Founder On Revolutionizing the Information Arms Race #HadoopSummit
In theCUBE’s ongoing coverage of Hadoop Summit 2013, John Furrier and Dave Vellante spoke with CEO and Founder of Tresata, Abhishek Mehta. The three discuss Tresata business strategy, new trends in big data analytics and growing opportunities for emerging businesses with a stake in the “information arms race” among Amazon, Facebook and Google. Mehta says that ...