Big Data Toolset Smackdown

If you’ve spent more than five minutes researching big data, you’ve already come across technologies like Hadoop, BigQuery, EMR and RedShift, and you may even know what OLAP and NoSQL means and where they fit in. What you may not have been exposed to, however, is the next and very important level down the rabbit hole—technologies like Tableu, Microstrategy, QlikView, Hive and Impala. Let’s take a look at each of these technologies and see where they fit and how they compare to each other.

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How Discipline in Sales Leads to Freedom

Some people think of discipline as a burden, but smart salespeople see it as a tool that keeps them from sabotaging their future achievements. Discipline frees salespeople from mistakes that can cripple their best efforts. It liberates them from wasting time on useless endeavors and failing to close sales. Best of all, discipline removes the[…] Read More

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Two options for overcoming roadblocks: exploit or elevate

Companies look to thrive and grow. In preparation, leaders work with their teams to identify the bottlenecks, roadblocks, and/or weaknesses that will keep the company from exploding with success. We start by asking “Why” five times to arrive at the root of the bottleneck. From there, it’s time to dedicate resources to put things back[…] Read More

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ITIL Newbie Mistake #1: Too Much Focus on the Processes

As IT organizations strive to provide more value to the ever-evolving nature of business, the ITIL Foundation course has become very popular, because it covers the concepts of managing IT as a set of services.

When students take the ITIL Foundation course, they often leave the classroom excited about how they can adjust the way they work to help the business meet its needs. Many times, this excitement is coupled with the desire to act immediately to show what they’ve learned from the course. This desire for immediate action can often produce negative results.

In this series, we’re taking a look at some of the common mistakes people make after they complete their ITIL Foundation course.

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