Cloudera Introduces RecordService For Security, Kudu For Streaming Data Analysis
Cloudera announces access control layer and columnar storage engine for Hadoop. News analysis from Strata + Hadoop World 2015. It’s going to be a big week for big data as Strata + Hodoop World 2015...
View ArticleStrata + Hadoop World Report: Spark, Real-Time In the Spotlight
MapR, Pivotal and Teradata were among the who’s who of big data vendors making announcements at Strata + Hadoop World 2015. Here’s a quick analysis. If Strata + Hadoop World 2014 seemed to be all about...
View ArticleCouchbase Intros 4.0 Release, Highlights Enterprise Wins
Couchbase Live New York event puts new features, NoSQL adoption in the spotlight. Watch for basics and the best fit for NoSQL in the enterprise. This week’s Couchbase Live New York marked the general...
View ArticleAWS re:Invent: Five Takeaways On New Services
Amazon challenges ‘old-guard’ IBM, Microsoft and Oracle with QuickSight, Kinesis Firehose, Snowball, and new database services. Here’s a quick rundown with cautions for would-be adopters. Make no...
View ArticleOracle Open World 2015: Three Important Cloud Services
Oracle Open World 2015 announcements included three data-related standouts: Oracle Cloud Platform For Big Data, Oracle Data Visualization Cloud Service, and Oracle Data Cloud. Here’s a deeper dive on...
View ArticleIBM Analyst Forum: A Tale Of Two Titans
IBM displayed two sides of the company at its annual analyst forum last week: the mighty tech titan and the agile new design-driven Big Blue. Here’s my take on a company in transition. IBM is a mighty...
View ArticleInformatica Takes Comprehensive Approach To Big Data Management
Informatica addresses big-data integration, governance and security through a subscription-based portfolio. But will big data remain a separate world? One irrefutable trend in 2015 has been growing...
View ArticleTop 5 Data-to-Decisions News Trends of 2015
Apache Spark, real-time, cloud BI & analytics, IoT, and self-service where the trends to watch in 2015, and they’ll continue to make waves into 2016. It’s that time of year again. Here’s a look...
View ArticleSalesforce Reboots Wave Analytics, Preps IoT Cloud
Salesforce Analyst Summit 2016 highlights Wave Analytics Cloud makeover and work in progress on the Internet of Things strategy and Salesforce Thunder. Salesforce has successfully rebooted its Wave...
View ArticleIBM Adds Yet More Cloud Data Services To Its Portfolio
IBM adds cloud services for database deployment, graph analysis, predictive analytics and data-enrichment, hoping to attract developers and data scientists to IBM Bluemix. IBM on February 4 added a...
View ArticleSpark Summit East Report: Enterprise Appeal Grows
Spark adopters including Bloomberg, Comcast, Capital One and EBay share compelling use cases. Data processing, streaming and analytics use-case scenarios multiply. What’s the business case for Apache...
View ArticleHortonworks Connected Data Platforms: More Than Sum of Parts
Hortonworks integrates Hortonworks Data Platform (Hadoop) and Hortonworks DataFlow (streaming data) platforms to offer a cohesive approach to analyzing data in motion and data at rest. Here’s how they...
View ArticleCloudera Takes to the Cloud, Highlights Industry Use Cases
Cloudera plans public cloud push as applications multiply in financial services, insurance, life sciences, retail and telecommunications. Hadoop may not be easy, but it is gaining mainstream adoption....
View ArticleHadoop Hits 10 Years: Growing Up Fast
Hadoop security, data management, data governance and analysis options remain works in progress, but a rich ecosystem is emerging to fill gaps and democratize the platform. Apache Hadoop marks its 10th...
View ArticleSAS Goes Cloud, But Will Customers Follow?
SAS Viya delivers cloud-ready architecture for multiple public and private deployment scenarios. But will it appeal to next-gen customers looking for new analytics options? To attend a SAS Global Forum...
View ArticleIBM Watson Team Marks Progress, Previews Next Steps
IBM Watson team introduces new services, details evolved capabilities, forecasts market opportunities. But we’re still hungry for real-world success stories. IBM’s Watson unit keeps developing new...
View ArticleWorkday Deal For Platfora Leaves Questions
Workday says Platfora buy will bolster its petabyte-scale analysis capabilities. It’s good news for Workday customers, but Platfora customers should be prepared for change. Human resources and...
View ArticleWorkday Plans for Platfora Revealed
Workday HR and financial analyses stand to benefit, but Platfora customers will lose the on-premises software option in the wake of the pending acquisition. Workday customers stand to gain a deeper...
View ArticleSAP Reportedly Buying Altiscale to Power Big Data Services
SAP needs to address big data, streaming and IoT apps. Altiscale would accelerate efforts to deliver high-scale and high-performance cloud data services. SAP is acquiring Altiscale, VentureBeat...
View ArticleHewlett Packard Enterprise Powers Machine Learning Apps, Revs Vertica Database
HPE streamlines use of machine learning services with Haven OnDemand Combinations. Vertica release improves performance, adds Hadoop and Spark support. Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced August 30 at...
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