How Technology Is Reshaping The Job Of IT Managers

Something odd is going on. Right now, at companies everywhere, more and more firms are in the process of adopting brand new technologies such as cloud, mobile, and processing of big data. More and more these firms in many different fields are starting to look more and more like those flashy startup firms out in … Read more

IT Managers Are Learning That It Takes Talent To Use Big Data

It turns out that there is an awful lot of data out there in the world. Some studies have shown that collectively we generate another 2.5 quintillion bytes (it’s got 30 zeros) of new data every single day and this is forecasted to double every year up to 2020. Now your company might not be … Read more

How Big Data Can Help You To Be A Better IT Manager

As IT managers, our IT manager skills include the hiring, promotion, and career planning of the members of our team. All too often, we end up making decisions in this area based on what little IT manager training we’ve had and our “gut feel” about what is right for our team. In the field of … Read more

The Problem Posed By Having Too Much Data

A recent survey by the magazine InformationWeek revealed that roughly half of the companies out there are managing between 1TB and 99TB of company data. This amount of data is not getting any smaller and in fact is growing rapidly. For IT managers who are in charge of projects that make use of this valuable … Read more

What Every IT Manager Needs To Know About The Hadoop Database Solution

Hey IT Manager, just in case you’ve been living with your head underneath a rock, the world appears to have gone “big data” crazy lately. Your customers, your IT team, and probably the rest of the company have all started to talk about the problem of big data and just exactly what can be done … Read more