We’re getting ready for Big Data Week in Atlanta (taking place May 5-11) and have heard from many of you asking about speaking this year. The event is designed to offer a good variety of meetups and sessions, offering a unique platform for speakers of many experience levels and…

Thank you to our friend and Big Data Pioneer Ronald R. Hutchins for contributing this piece to our blog. Dr. Hutchins is the Chief Technology Officer at Georgia Tech.

Throughout history the forces that have shaped our lives have been powered by innovation. The technologies that surround us…

About fifty years ago, Atlanta was the size of Little Rock, Ark. About a hundred years before that, it was burned to the ground. Atlanta has proven again and again that it's got gumption and can grow, and is doing so now, becoming the tech hub of the east.

With a firm foundation that includes the busiest international airport in the world, a vibrant cluster of corporate giants such as Coca-Cola, UPS, Delta, NCR and The Home Depot, top notch colleges and universities, and fast-moving…

If Big Data is the way of the future, who is driving that future, how are they doing it and what can today's businesses do to be a part of this next wave?

In an effort to collaboratively explore this opportunity, I began a LinkedIn group dedicated to the discussion around Big Data’s future. The group is a growing community of analysts, developers, vendors, journalists and…