October 6, 2012

32 Big data "gotchas" from the trenches in exactly 3 words



1.Usecase ! Usecase ! Usecase

2.Decode intent proxies!

3.Think "20-100 X Scalability" blindspots

4.Actions not insights

5.Frame unanswered questions !

6.Embedd MachineLearning processes !

7.Humanize analytical output !

8.Ingest unstructured data

9.Quantify $ impact !

10.Deepdive into "Architecture weaklinks" !

11.Iterate ! Iterate ! Iterate !

12.Deliver immersive interface !

13.Filter out 'architecture noise'

14.Dont over Engineer !

15.Tightly couple frontline-channels !

16.Mash disparate datapools !

17.Emit realtime response !

18.Map Architecture decision-tree

19.Decompose analytical workloads !

20.Think Columnar architecture !

21.Start Datascience Bootcamp !

22.Avoid 100 pg design !

23.Time to impact < 60 days !

24.Zero licensecost Sandbox !

25.Surface $denting usecase !

26.Curate "wow" scenarios !

27.Distill impactful patterns !

28.Think actions operationalized !

29.Align with business !

30.Woo a "Big Daddy" !

31.Pick Datascientists carefully !

32.Build DW-Bigdata bridges !