[TechRepublic] Big Data analysts: Do you hire or train for it?

Big Data Analytics TechRepublic Member | November 12, 2012

Big Data analysts: Do you hire or train for it? One way to harness big data is to hire someone to do it. But you're going to find yourself in a highly competitive market. Read more Resource of the day Your chance to win $500! - IT Priorities Data and Business Analytics Survey Complete ZDNet's Business Analytics and Big Data survey to understand how your business is positioned against its competitors. Respondents receive a free executive summary, and respondents from the US and Canada will have a chance to win $500 from CBS Interactive. Is your Big Data strategy Big Data capable? The halls of once great companies are lined with strategies that had no chance of materializing, simply because everyone was focused on the return, and nobody was focused on the investment. Is... Read more Don't forget about "small data" Many IT organizations do an incredibly poor job of managing and presenting "small data," which should give pause before launching a more complex Big Data project. Read more Infographic: Making the case for big data analytics and intelligence Slashdot offers this infographic that breaks down the business case for big data projects. Read more BI still dependent on IT There's never been a better time for IT to step up and show what tech can do to drive the business. They're the only people who can set the systems in motion to capture data and mine it successfully. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Leadership lessons from Genghis Khan While we'll leave judgment about the larger historical implications of the Khan's rule to the historians, several things will strike you as relevant to IT leaders. Read more Featured multimedia   Step-by-step to a clean Windows 8 installation Greg Shultz documents the entire Windows 8 clean install procedure so we have a roadmap to follow and know what to expect. View on site Today's recommended downloads Five Trends Impacting the Enterprise IT Help Desk (Zendesk) Your chance to win $500! - IT Priorities Data and Business Analytics Survey (ZDNet) DCIG Oracle Backup Software Solutions Buyer's Guide (Quest Software, now a part of Dell) Maintaining Operations after the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Quest Software, now a part of Dell) On-Demand Video: Take Command with Toad for Oracle v11.5 (Quest Software, now a part of Dell) More Big Data resources   Is Big Data big hype? Big data: We've got big plans, says CIOs Big data challenges and how the cloud can help Harness Big Data with Google BigQuery Connect with TechRepublic Tomorrow's tech: Four possible futures for the IT department How are the IT department and the CIO likely to evolve over the coming years? Meeting business demands to save money while supporting delivery of better products and ways of working will be key. TechRepublic newsletters   Get tips, tutorials, expert analysis, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Data Center The Enterprise Cloud Google in the Enterprise CIO Insights IT Leadership 10 Things

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