Think Bigger: Developing a Successful Big Data Strategy for Your Business
About this ebook
Big data--the enormous amount of data that is created as virtually every movement, transaction, and choice we make becomes digitized--is revolutionizing business. Sharing best practices from companies that have implemented a big data strategy including Walmart, InterContinental Hotel Group, Walt Disney, and Shell, this helpful resource covers the most important big data trends affecting organizations, as well as key technologies like Hadoop and MapReduce, and several crucial types of analyses.
In Think Bigger, you will find guidance on topics such as:
- how to ensure security,
- respecting the privacy rights of consumers,
- and how big data is impacting specific industries--and where opportunities can be found.
Big data is changing the way businesses--and even governments--are operated and managed. Think Bigger is an essential resource for anyone who wants to ensure that their company isn't left in the dust.
About the author
Mark van Rijmenam is the founder and CEO of Datafloq.com. He is an expert on AI, Blockchain and Big Data, a highly sought-after speaker and author of the book Think Bigger. He is also co-author of the book Blockchain: Transforming Your Business and Our World, on how blockchain can be used for social good. He is named a global top 10 Big Data influencer and one of the most influential Blockchain people. He is pursuing a PhD at the University of Technology, Sydney on how organizations should deal with Big Data, Blockchain and AI and he is a faculty member of the Blockchain Research Institute.
