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Welcome to our Big Data blog for CIOs, IT managers and analysts!

Here, we talk business, not code. Being experts in rendering big data services, we write about complicated issues in a clear way, focusing on how big data can contribute to solving your business tasks. Here, you’ll read about the challenges that big data can bring and the ways to overcome them, find big data technologies contrasted and use cases clearly described.

Bookmark this page and stay tuned to find a lot of useful ideas!

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Cassandra Performance: The Most Comprehensive Overview You’ll Ever See

Big Data

Data Analytics & BI

Cassandra Performance: The Most Comprehensive Overview You’ll Ever See

Explore performance parameters of Apache Cassandra and see how to optimize them and achieve higher speed.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

The ‘Scary’ Seven: Big Data Challenges and Solutions to Them

Big Data

Data Analytics & BI

The ‘Scary’ Seven: Big Data Challenges and Solutions to Them

Explore practical solutions to major big data challenges, such as tech choices, costs optimization, security and upscaling problems, and more.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Big Data Visualization: Value It Brings and Techniques It Requires

Data Analytics & BI

Big Data

Big Data Visualization: Value It Brings and Techniques It Requires

Explore use cases, examples, and techniques of big data visualization, compare market-leading tools, and see the latest trends such as AI application.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Apache Cassandra vs. Hadoop Distributed File System: When Each is Better

Big Data

Data Analytics & BI

Apache Cassandra vs. Hadoop Distributed File System: When Each is Better

Review a detailed comparison of Apache Cassandra against Hadoop Distributed File System, including architectural specifics and optimal use cases.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Spark vs. Hadoop MapReduce: Which Big Data Framework to Choose

Big Data

Data Analytics & BI

Spark vs. Hadoop MapReduce: Which Big Data Framework to Choose

Hadoop MapReduce or Apache Spark? We explore two leading big data frameworks to understand the business needs each of them can satisfy.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Big Data Security: Issues, Challenges, Concerns

Big Data

Data Analytics & BI

Information Security

Big Data Security: Issues, Challenges, Concerns

Explore the key big data security challenges and issues, and see what measures experts recommend to deal with the concerns.

Alex Williams

NoSQL Databases: Defined and Explained

Data Analytics & BI

Big Data

NoSQL Databases: Defined and Explained

Learn about NoSQL databases: their difference from SQL databases, major pros and cons, and the common data models NoSQL stores rely on.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

3 Use Cases of How Big Data Analytics Makes the Energy Industry Smart

Data Analytics & BI

Big Data

3 Use Cases of How Big Data Analytics Makes the Energy Industry Smart

Have a look at what smart grids powered by big data analytics have to offer for next-level maintenance, power quality monitoring and load management in the energy industry.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Data Lake Vs. Data Warehouse: Why You Don’t Have To Choose

Data Analytics & BI

Big Data

Data Lake Vs. Data Warehouse: Why You Don’t Have To Choose

Learn about the difference between a data lake and a data warehouse, and define how to structure your big data solution in accordance with your business needs.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

A Big Data Warehouse – a Want or a Need?

Data Analytics & BI

Big Data

A Big Data Warehouse – a Want or a Need?

Find out what a big data warehouse is and what benefits it brings to the decision-making process.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Big Data in Manufacturing: Use Cases + Guide on How To Start

Big Data

Data Analytics & BI

Manufacturing IT

Big Data in Manufacturing: Use Cases + Guide on How To Start

As a manufacturer, you’re interested to see what data analytics can do for you? Then check out these 12 real-life examples for big data in manufacturing and see a nice and easy guide on how to start your big data action.

Alex Bekker

Alex Bekker

Principal Architect, AI & Data Management Expert, ScienceSoft

Small Business Gets Big Data Benefits with 3 Data Sources

Big Data

Data Analytics & BI

Small Business Gets Big Data Benefits with 3 Data Sources

Find out what data sources your small business can use to benefit from the powers of big data analytics.
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