IBM and Big Data
February 18, 2011
Infoworld’s “A conversation with IBM’s Mr. Big Data” reveals the inner thoughts of Rod Smith, IBM’s Vice President of Emerging Internet Technologies. He declares that IBM is hip to Big Data, one of this year’s hot topics. Oh, really?
Actually, IBM has known about big data, and has been developing ways to manage it, all along.
It appears that quickly extracting data the customer can use is as much an art as a science:
“So there’s combining data, there’s sifting through the data, working with a very broad array, depending on where the customer wants to go. So it will build up the analytics more interpreted — rather than fixed, which costs a lot to change. . . . So it’s much more of a collaboration with a line of business to determine what they’re after, because they don’t know until they see something.
Smith also observes that the benefits of being able to mine big data apply to a variety of businesses, and predicts continuing growth in the field. Yep, us too. We saw Big Data as an issue a number of years ago, but when IBM “sees” a trend, it is really real, not just real.
Cynthia Murrell February 18, 2011
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