Data science is a competitive weapon for organizations globally. Like other technologies and processes that can change the way businesses operate, there are a lot of contradictory information and myths around data science on social media, blogs, and case studies that causes considerable confusion. While most business leaders are aware of the fact that people […]
It’s no secret that the retail industry has faced drastic changes over the past decade.  Trends ranging from changing demographics (Millennials replacing Baby Boomers as primary customers), online sales growth while brick and mortar revenues decline, an increase in major security breaches affecting millions of customers, and customer experience failures (and wins) broadcast through social […]
When companies look at investing in enterprise software, they’ll have a checklist of features and requirements for the software. Something that’s often missing from the criteria used to evaluate a product, especially a new generation technology, is a point on quality assurance. Has the vendor established “a fantastic quality assurance process?” Adding this to your […]
Today, more of our clients are recognizing the insight and value that can be gained from the data they’ve accumulated over the years, and are currently amassing at unprecedented rates. Organizations have high volumes of content–structured, unstructured and semi-structured–locked away in disparate systems and repositories. They are seeking ways to aggregate, analyze and operationalize this […]
If you’ve ever developed an enterprise web application with a relational database then you’re very familiar with the constant data format transformations that need to take place in the middle tier. When retrieving data from a relational database, you are forced to transform the retrieved columns and rows into an XML or JSON document that […]
I had a great time at the recent MarkLogic conference and wanted to share just one thing: joins are not dead! If you’re like me, you’ve spent the last 20 years working with relational databases. When I first looked at MarkLogic, I was shocked (dismayed?) that there was no clear way to join tables. Why? […]
Several members of the General Networks team just returned from a great couple of days in San Francisco for MarkLogic World, the kickoff event of the 2015 MarkLogic World Tour, headed to 8 more cities in the US and around the world. There were excellent keynotes, technical presentations and deep dive discussions about the MarkLogic […]
Similar to the term, “The Cloud”, there is confusion as to what “Big Data” really means. Is it a product? Is it a set of tools? Do only big businesses have Big Data? Haven’t businesses always had big data repositories to deal with it? What font size is Big Data? OK, the last question really […]