| | October 20158CIOReviewCopyright © 2015 CIOReview. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewOCTOBER 30 - 2015Managing EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorial StaffAlex D' SouzaDerek James Frank NoelJoe PhilipMathew JacobSarah FernandezSonia SacharVanishree BhattT:510.565.7559 VisualizersStephen ThomasSultanaBIG DATA SPECIALCIOReviewSalesLawrence Tse lawrence@cioreview.comPeter Jones Peter@cioreview.comDaniel Craig daniel@cioreview.comMailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 OCTOBER 30 - 2015, Volume 4 SE 90 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Not so long ago, every time a cloud project or company failed, a tech prognosticator would sift through the tea leaves and claim that the cloud concept itself was `dead'. Fast forward to today and we find history repeating itself--the same thing is happening with Big Data. A glance towards the opposite end of the spectrum gives us reason to believe otherwise. Big Data is not bunk.Needless to say, it has made great strides in recent years. Data management principles such as physical and logical independence, declarative querying, and cost-based optimization have led, to a multi-billion dollar industry. These technical advances have enabled the first round of business intelligence applications and laid the foundation for managing and analyzing Big Data today.Many companies are reaping the rewards of Big Data, analyzing piles of data to improve everything from marketing and sales to fraud detection. Big Data also has successfully found its application in various aspects of life in general--from improving the standards of building and food inspections to preemptive simulations of natural disasters. By collating information from social media, regulatory authorities' databases and suppliers and vendors' networks, big data has also offered enterprises considerable insights into customers' purchasing habits and inventory statuses, thereby, projecting the larger picture and driving strategies that can ensure organizational growth.Whilst that is the case there are still many enterprises that would like to capitalize on the promise of big data but simply do not have the in-house capabilities to do so. Plus, there is a shortage of data scientists, Big Data is getting `Cloudy', ETL is getting personal, there is a debate between the usage of SQL or NoSQL. At this juncture, CIOReview presents in this issue the `100 Most Promising Big Data Companies'. This issue contains the success stories of numerous Vendor Companies that are helping companies leverage the power of big data. Read the magazine and write back to us with your comments if you found this list helpful. Jeevan GeorgeManaging Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialVisualizing Goals Made Simpler with Big Data
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