Big data, combined with predictive modeling tools, increases the potential to improve business strategies and gain competitive advantage. This expert e-guide offers insight on the best practices of combining big data and predictive analytics. 

According to analysts, the greatest impediment to a successful predictive analytics project is creating a culture that values data-driven decision making and encourages people to have faith in the findings. In this e-guide, readers will learn more about overcoming these challenges and getting people to keep the faith in predictive analytics. 

This brief white paper outlines information lifecycle management (ILM), a set of strategies for managing the growth, storage and retrieval of information over its useful life. Its goal is to ensure that frequently accessed data is returned as fast as possible, while controlling storage costs. 

This white paper explores how the right data management architecture can overcome these challenges, and what to seek in the ideal solution. 

In this paper, discover how Sybase IQ infuses organizations with fast, flexible access to information and analytics. Explore trends, forecast supply chain inventories more accurately, and optimize marketing results in ways you never thought possible. 

Access this resource for expert insight into how health IT leaders can face the network security challenges of today – and use these challenges as an opportunity to revamp their overall management strategy. 

Learn about how Psomas, a leading consulting engineering firm, overcame challenges with its legacy disaster recovery and backup strategy. Upon implementing Riverbed Whitewater cloud storage gateway, the company was able to cut tape infrastructure costs by 60%, speed restore times, and improve nearly every aspect of its DR and backup strategy. 

In this February 2012 cover story of Storage magazine, we announce this year’s 18 Products of the Year winners and highlight why they stand out from the competition. Read now to learn more. 

The movement from tape-based to disk-based backup is well underway. Now that it is economically feasible to replace a broken tape-based system with disk-based backup, choices exist among a number of vendors with varying approaches to disk-based backup as well as data deduplication. 

As the threat landscape continues to evolve, the approaches to thwart them must also. But with emerging trends like social networking and the influx of mobile devices, ensuring adequate security is becoming more complex. In this expert resource, explore the security risks organizations face in today’s changing environment. 

IANS conducted a Return on Security (ROS) analysis on Q1 Labs’ product, QRadar© Security Intelligence Platform, interviewed two Q1 Labs customers using QRadar to assess the ROS. The data yielded from the interviews showed substantial benefit to the organizations for the cost, both in money and staff time. 

The rise of cloud computing has been one of the highlights of the last few years. The notion that information technology can be delivered in a highly scalable utility model is generating excitement for both customers and vendors alike. However, there is still a lot of concern regarding security.