It’s a generally accepted maxim that the business community’s fascination with big data, which started in the mid-2000s, ran out of steam about five years ago. But that’s only partly true. While the ...

British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol. 38, No. 6 (September 2017), pp. 827-840 (14 pages) This article critically considers the promise of computer adaptive testing (CAT) and digital data to ...

Every now and then, the IT industry - vendors and customers alike - takes a common problem, gives it a catchy name, and drives the buzz (and market) rapidly to create new business opportunities for ...

LinkedIn engineers have open sourced a homegrown Big Data scale testing tool following a "crisis" they experienced after adding 500 machines to a Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) cluster, ...

Migration of data from on-premises to cloud systems or between multiple cloud systems is a common and complex event across companies of all sizes and industries. The types of data being migrated can ...

Data migration testing ensures that all your data sets and system integrity are maintained when they’re transferred to a different host. Depending on the size of your organization and the work it does ...

This vintage image depicts three musicians playing Yankee Doodle Dandy during the American Revolution. In a May 2011 special research report, Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, ...

Editor’s Note: Associate Editor Stephen Sawchuk covers curriculum and instruction. This analysis is part of a special report exploring pressing trends in education. Read the full report: 10 Big Ideas ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Another year’s worth of data collection shows how dirty the Big Sioux River can get, especially after heavy rainfall events. According to the Friends of the Big Sioux River ...