11.1.18

The traditional retail business model is evolving rapidly right before our eyes, as early retail e-commerce sites once effectively emulated stores with the assumption that consumers would begin and end...

8.6.18

The traditional retail business model is evolving rapidly right before our eyes, as early retail e-commerce sites once effectively emulated stores with the assumption that consumers would begin and end...

Consumer needs, tastes, and buying habits shift constantly. Since their inception, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies have faced the challenge of moving quickly enough to match their products to consumer...

3.26.18

We had a very successful DataWorks Summit Berlin, highlighted by a number of impressive keynote and breakout speakers. These speakers included Adrian Woodhead, Principal Engineer and Elliot West, Senior Engineer,...

1.4.18

IoT, the Internet of Things, has been a buzzword for the past five years. Literally everyone across all industries – business executives, line of business owners, operation staff, mechanical engineers,...

Only 23% of businesses can integrate customer insights in real-time; join us to hear how this global retail department store architected and implemented their successful solution. Retailers need to create...

8.28.17

The world is moving faster than ever before, and companies are finding themselves scrambling to keep up. Our society has become centered on convenience and everything happening in real time....

8.21.17

Late last year Amazon made waves when reports surfaced that they were testing out a new retail store location in downtown Seattle. Not only is the fact that Amazon is...

This paper explores the challenges the retail industry is facing with the advent of new technologies such as smart phones and digital e-commerce with specialty retail digital stores and huge...

7.19.17

With every swipe of a credit card, every social media interaction, and every opened email advertisement, businesses are continuously trying to gain a single view of customers. Along with this...

7.12.17

Retailers must adapt to the ever-changing demands brought on by new technological advancements, or be forced to close their doors. It used to be that the customer is always right....

Streaming Data Analytics Made Easy To realize the full potential of big data streaming analytics applications, you must capture both rich, historical insights on data at rest and perishable insights...

6.21.17

Did you catch the DataWorks Summit last week? Wedged between our huge announcements and the fumes from the t-shirt press, the Summit featured an array of keynote speakers from top...

Hortonworks Cited as a Strong Performer Hortonworks was cited as a Strong Performer in “The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Data Warehouse, Q4 2018.” In their evaluation, Forrester noted, “The vendor provides...