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- Section 2: What’s the Big Deal?
- Section 3: The Social Graph
- Section 4: Facebook Feeds—Ebola for Data Flows
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- Section 4: Search Advertising
- Section 5: Ad Networks—Distribution beyond Search
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- Section 1: Introduction
- Section 2: Open Source
- Section 3: Why Open Source?
- Section 4: Examples of Open Source Software
- Section 5: Why Give It Away? The Business of Open Source
- Section 6: Cloud Computing: Hype or Hope?
- Section 7: The Software Cloud: Why Buy When You Can Rent?
- Section 8: SaaS: Not without Risks
- Section 9: The Hardware Cloud: Utility Computing and Its Cousins
- Section 10: Clouds and Tech Industry Impact
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- Section 1: Introduction
- Section 2: Data, Information, and Knowledge
- Section 3: Where Does Data Come From?
- Section 4: Data Rich, Information Poor
- Section 5: Data Warehouses and Data Marts
- Section 6: The Business Intelligence Toolkit
- Section 7: Data Asset in Action: Technology and the Rise of Wal-Mart
- Section 8: Data Asset in Action: Harrah’s Solid Gold CRM for the Service Sector
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