Guest article contributed by Peter Rogers, Principal Architect at Cognizant

As a principal architect at Cognizant, I spend much of my time helping large enterprises with their mobility, cloud and social strategies. I also have a passion for anything related to Big Data, and I follow this evolving domain with great interest.

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