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This timely text/reference explores the business and technical issues involved in the management of information systems in the era of big data and beyond. Topics and features: presents review questions and discussion topics in each chapter for classroom group work and individual research assignments; discusses the potential use of a variety of big data tools and techniques in a business environment, explaining how these can fit within an information systems strategy; reviews existing theories and practices in information systems, and explores their continued relevance in the era of big data; describes the key technologies involved in information systems in general and big data in particular, placing these technologies in an historic context; suggests areas for further research in this fast moving domain; equips readers with an understanding of the important aspects of a data scientist's job; provides hands-on experience to further assist in the understanding of the technologies involved.
List of contents
Introducing Big Data.- Strategy.- Structure.- Style.- Staff.- Statistical Thinking.- Synthesis.- Systems.- Sources.- Security.- Technical Insights.- The Future of IS in the Era of Big Data.
About the author
Peter Lake is a Principal Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. Formerly the Technical Director of a software house, he has 30 years of industrial experience as well as 15 years as a lecturer specialising in database technology. His other Springer publications include the successful titles
Concise Guide to Databases and
Guide to Cloud Computing.
Robert Drake is also a Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, and has prior experience as Regional Director of Allocate Software, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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"It is about business, about realizing the value of information systems, and about governing our systems and people in a big data environment. Though designed as a text for a one-semester course on information systems (IS), it can serve as a resource for newly minted managers in business and government large-scale information technology (IT) sites as well. ... The authors continually provide the reader with interesting and thoughtful corporate experiences relevant to the topic at hand." (Robert M. Lynch, Computing Reviews, June, 2015)
