Category Archives: Big Data

A key component to the pandemic response, most businesses were forced to move their operations at least in part to the cloud to enable secure remote working. As we begin to emerge from the pandemic and businesses reassess their needs, there is an opportunity for them to look to leverage the benefits of Big Data […]

Big Data is the key that unlocks the full value of your data. It turns it into meaningful information and actionable insights so that you can make better-informed business decisions. Giving companies, organisations and communities an in-depth understanding of their customers and citizens, it also provides a better understanding of themselves. Intelligent platforms, evolving technology […]

Every minute, hour and day we are generating huge volumes of data, which means ever more sophisticated and powerful tools are required to analyse it if meaningful insights are to be delivered. One such tool is machine learning – but what is machine learning? What is machine learning? In order to more efficiently spot patterns […]

Tom Bale, Business Development and Technical Director, Logicalis Channel Islands, argues that improved data management and use of structured records provide a better solution to data issues than relying on a data backup. There is more data out there than ever before. In 2012 IBM estimated we generate over 2.5 billion gigabytes of data a […]

Ismail El Kadiri, Business Planning and Analysis Lead Consultant, Logicalis UK, looks at three areas of business CxOs should consider prioritising after finance, to leverage the benefits of planning analytics and business intelligence (BI). Over the past decade, numerous planning and analytics solutions have surfaced in an effort to catch up with an increasingly complex […]

We’re in the midst of a series of blog posts, dissecting the results of the Logicalis Global CIO study. In this article, Fanni Vig looks at why big data analytics needs senior business sponsorship. There’s a reason why football teams need effective managers, why battalions need commanding officers and businesses need visionary CEOs: People with […]

Rodrigo Parreira looks at the model that data behemoths like Google, Facebook and Amazon adopted to cope with a requirement to process and store huge quantities of big data – a model that is on the verge of going mainstream – and asks “how do they do it?” In the early 2000s, IT giants like Google, […]

Following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, Richard Alexander asks how Brexit might affect data sovereignty for CIOs based in the UK. Over the last few years we have discussed frequently the issue of data sovereignty, in particular in relation to Cloud Computing. Some the key issues we have covered have included: Vague locations, possible […]

Julie Spiller, VP, Vertical Solutions & Proposition Management for Logicalis US, points out that without effective monetisation, Big Data is just an expensively stored mountain of ones and zeros – and sets out the five key elements of the kind of successful Big Data management plan that must precede efforts at monetisation. When it comes to […]

For most organisations, analytics is not the priority roadblock when it comes to extracting value from Big Data.  Bob Hankins explains why dealing with storage issues is the first job in most cases. According to IDC, data production will be 44 times greater in 2020 than it was in 2009 – if it is not […]