1. Do involve all business units in your big data strategy:
Big Data can never be an isolated activity as it is the way which is leveraged by businesses for huge volumes of data to learn more about customers, processes and events. If Big Data is executed properly, a Big Data strategy can have huge impact on its effectiveness. Business units can gain significant value if they are involved into the Big Data process.
2. Do evaluate all infrastructure models for big data implementation:
For any Big Data initiative, volume of data and its management is a major concern. The only solution to this problem is using data centers. Cost parameters should also be considered before selecting and finalising any storage service. Cloud services are mostly preferred for Big Data but cloud environments should be evaluated first to determine which is the most suitable one. Storage is one of the most important components in any Big Data implementation and this factor should be extensively evaluated in any Big Data project.
3. Do enrich Big Data to gain context about your customer:
Data can be supplemented with more information from a marketing perspective. If data is coupled with more information, then marketers get a better angle of customers' lives, wants and needs. Marketers need to look beyond sales and marketing data to get a clearer picture of the customer front. Data should be enriched with Web data, social data and other information which are derived from sales and marketing.
4. Do plan for consistent big metadata:
If a complete analysis is done of a massive data set, then it's possible that you will come up with that data which matches a pattern. This set of data can lead an organisation to begin analysing a new issue. This data might come from customer service sites or social media environments and before you trust any data then you have to ensure that you deal with a consistent set of metadata and analyse it with the data from your systems of record.
5. Do distribute the data:
The volume of data is a major concern if the processing environment is considered. As Big Data has huge volume of data, processing on a single server is not possible. If there is a Hadoop environment then there is a solution. Hadoop is a distributed computing environment which runs on commodity hardware. It also gives power of faster processing on multiple nodes.
6. Don't focus solely on collecting Big Data at the expense of quality:
Data collection should always be strategic. Pulling data without any plan is a very confusing thing. There should be a plan and a goal. Big Data is less about collection and more about if the information is really helpful for the customer and the sales purpose. It's not about all the data, but it's right data which matters.
7. Don’t rely on a single approach to big data analytics:
There is much hype around technologies like Hadoop and MapReduce. There are lots of technologies available like text analytics, predictive analytics, streaming data environments and spatial data analysis. First investigate the variety of technologies which can support you and then experiment with the technology solutions which can make you successful.
8. Don't start large big data initiative before you are ready:
Start with small steps for any Big Data initiative. Start with pilot projects to gain expertise and head for the final implementation. Potential of Big Data is very impressive but the real value can only be achieved if you reduce mistakes and gain more expertise.
9. Don't ignore data security:
Data security is a huge consideration in Big Data planning. Security needs to be strictly implemented and after some processing you'll get a subset of data which provides some insight. At this point, data security becomes essential and the more data is processed, the more valuable it becomes. This is finely tuned output data which must be secured and data security must be implemented as a part of the Big Data life cycle.
10. Don’t overlook the need to manage the performance of your big data:
Big Data demonstrates that people are able to make use of more data at a faster speed and it will gain more insight too. If data is not managed in an effective way, then it may cause huge problems for the company. You need to build manageability into your road map and plan for Big Data.
Thursday, 5 March 2015
GNOME Shell Extensions
1. Dash to Dock:
If you like GNOME Shell's dock but hate the fact that you can access it in the Activities mode only, then Dash to Dock is the solution for you. By this extension Gnome's dash dock is turned into a full-fledged dock for everyday use. It transforms the dock in a way to launch applications and switch between windows and desktops in a faster way. As per users, it's an indispensable tool which has an excellent collection of configuration options.
2. Places Status Indicator:
Gnome's menu can be restored with the Places Status extension and you can access all your favourite filesystem bookmarks like home, documents, music, videos and so on. As it adds the menu, navigation within the system becomes easier. This extension is a part of Classic Mode and supported by GNOME officially. It's recommended that GNOME Bugzilla should be used to report bugs with this extension. Users find it as a very useful extension.
3. Removable Drive Menu:
This extension helps manage any removable device like an external hard drive, USB, DVD and more. They can be managed from the top panel and the devices can be unmounted easily too. It means lots of your clicks are saved. Users find it useful since quite a long time now and they are quite satisfied with the extension.
4. Caffeine:
If you are reading something on your system with full concentration and suddenly the screensaver appears, you must have been feeling very annoyed. That's where this extension, Caffeine, is needed as it doesn't allow GNOME Shell enable its lock screen when the screen is enabled. So to disable the screensaver on a temporary basis, Caffeine is a must. This is said to be one of the most useful extensions in the lot.
5. TopIcons:
GNOME is not very popular about its support for legacy icons, though they can be found at the hidden tray at the bottom of the screen. But this is not a very excellent practice as most people want that the icons appear in the top panel only. That's when Toplcons comes forward to help as with this extension all system tray icons appear on the GNOME Shell panel. It also mixes up the legacy icons and newer icons in an extraordinary way.
6. Skype Integration:
If you can't imagine your life without Skype and simply wish that GNOME Shell is integrated to Skype, then here is the Skype Integration extension. It will allow you add Skype as a search provider too and you can search your contacts inside the Gnome dash and Skype will use native GNOME Shell notifications. It will show your online status too. It's a charming extension and a great app, no doubt.
7. Drop Down Terminal:
Linux cannot be imagined without terminal and you have no choice than using it. So have a stylish terminal with Drop Down Terminal extension which will give you fast access to such a terminal in Gnome only. Press a button on your keyboard and the terminal will appear. But users are also known to be missing multiple terminals through the tabs in the extension.
8. SystemMonitor:
If you want to check your system at a simple glance here is the SystemMonitor extension which will let you check the GNOME Shell tray and you can check your system. This extension gives an idea about CPU and memory usage in the message tray.
If you like GNOME Shell's dock but hate the fact that you can access it in the Activities mode only, then Dash to Dock is the solution for you. By this extension Gnome's dash dock is turned into a full-fledged dock for everyday use. It transforms the dock in a way to launch applications and switch between windows and desktops in a faster way. As per users, it's an indispensable tool which has an excellent collection of configuration options.
2. Places Status Indicator:
Gnome's menu can be restored with the Places Status extension and you can access all your favourite filesystem bookmarks like home, documents, music, videos and so on. As it adds the menu, navigation within the system becomes easier. This extension is a part of Classic Mode and supported by GNOME officially. It's recommended that GNOME Bugzilla should be used to report bugs with this extension. Users find it as a very useful extension.
3. Removable Drive Menu:
This extension helps manage any removable device like an external hard drive, USB, DVD and more. They can be managed from the top panel and the devices can be unmounted easily too. It means lots of your clicks are saved. Users find it useful since quite a long time now and they are quite satisfied with the extension.
4. Caffeine:
If you are reading something on your system with full concentration and suddenly the screensaver appears, you must have been feeling very annoyed. That's where this extension, Caffeine, is needed as it doesn't allow GNOME Shell enable its lock screen when the screen is enabled. So to disable the screensaver on a temporary basis, Caffeine is a must. This is said to be one of the most useful extensions in the lot.
5. TopIcons:
GNOME is not very popular about its support for legacy icons, though they can be found at the hidden tray at the bottom of the screen. But this is not a very excellent practice as most people want that the icons appear in the top panel only. That's when Toplcons comes forward to help as with this extension all system tray icons appear on the GNOME Shell panel. It also mixes up the legacy icons and newer icons in an extraordinary way.
6. Skype Integration:
If you can't imagine your life without Skype and simply wish that GNOME Shell is integrated to Skype, then here is the Skype Integration extension. It will allow you add Skype as a search provider too and you can search your contacts inside the Gnome dash and Skype will use native GNOME Shell notifications. It will show your online status too. It's a charming extension and a great app, no doubt.
7. Drop Down Terminal:
Linux cannot be imagined without terminal and you have no choice than using it. So have a stylish terminal with Drop Down Terminal extension which will give you fast access to such a terminal in Gnome only. Press a button on your keyboard and the terminal will appear. But users are also known to be missing multiple terminals through the tabs in the extension.
8. SystemMonitor:
If you want to check your system at a simple glance here is the SystemMonitor extension which will let you check the GNOME Shell tray and you can check your system. This extension gives an idea about CPU and memory usage in the message tray.
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