BIG DATA QUARTERLY
FALL 2017
CONTENTS
Editor’s Note | Joyce Wells
2 Big Data and Analytics Becomes Smarter and More Connected
Departments
3 BIG DATA BRIEFING
Key news on big data product launches, partnerships, and acquisitions
11 Insights | Ian Lee
How to Regain Control Over Self-Service Provisioning
18 Insights | Pete Johnson
Preparing for Hybrid Cloud Challenges
32 Trending Now
Q&A With InfluxData’s Evan Kaplan
Features
4 The Voice of Big Data
The Changing Role of the DBA in the New Cloud Era: Q&A With Penny Avril, Vice President of Product Management, Oracle Database
6 Feature article | John O’Brien
New Technologies in a Big Data World: The Rise of Industry 4.0
SPECIAL SECTION > BIG DATA 50
20 Introduction
21 Big Data 50: Companies Driving Innovation
30 Big Data By the Numbers
Infographic: IoT, AI, and Cloud: Poised to Make an Impact
Columns
36 Hadoop Playbook | Jim Scott
Deep Learning at Big Data Scale
37 Big Data Basics | Lindy Ryan
Choosing the Right Chart: Being Successful With Data Visualization
38 Cloud Currents Michael Corey & Don Sullivan
With GDPR, the Privacy Pendulum Is Swinging
40 Governing Guidelines | Anne Buff
Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
41 The Iot Insider | Bart Schouw
How D’Ya Like Your Eggs in the Morning?
43 Data Science Deep Dive | Bart Baesens
HR Analytics: The New Kid on the Block