Why service providers matter for the future of big data
Companies specializing in deploying big data systems will help the greater corporate world make sense of its growing mountains of data.
View ArticleInfrastructure Q1: Cloud and big data woo the enterprise
Amazon Web Services moves to support hybrid clouds, and Hadoop is now an entity to be taken seriously.
View ArticleCloud and data second-quarter 2012: analysis and outlook
Google and Microsoft launched Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings and all eyes stayed fixed on the continuing promise of SNDs and data analytics.
View ArticleScaling Hadoop clusters: the role of cluster management
Careful planning and tools optimized for the management of large clusters will prove the difference between a successful Hadoop deployment and failure.
View ArticleMapR’s new focus on open source is no accident
MapR rejoins open source community with Apache Drill initiative
View ArticleReal-time query for Hadoop democratizes access to big data analytics
Hadoop has taken a major step toward unifying the majority of big data analytic applications onto one platform.
View ArticleUnlocking big data’s potential with search
Enterprise search faces renewed interest as organizations collect and store more data and seek effective ways to extract insights from it.
View ArticleBig data 2013: key trends and companies to watch
The database market, SaaS-based BI tools, and data warehousing as a service top the list for big data trends to watch in 2013.
View ArticleSector RoadMap: SQL-on-Hadoop platforms in 2013
Today’s most successful companies are the ones with the ability to capture and analyze all data available to them. Enter SQL-on-Hadoop solutions, which increase the accessibility of Hadoop and allow...
View ArticleCloud and data first-quarter 2013: analysis and outlook
Cloud computing is finally starting to add value to business, as those in charge of cloud within enterprises are moving from talking to doing. That much was very evident in the first quarter of 2013.
View ArticleHow data warehousing is now a cost-effective solution for businesses
The new economics of data warehousing provide attractive alternatives in both costs and benefits. While big data gets most of the attention, evolved data warehousing will play an important role for the...
View ArticleCloud and data second-quarter 2013: analysis and outlook
This quarter we saw more signs of maturity in the cloud computing market, including a new version of the OpenStack standard, more consolidation of cloud computing companies, and a scandal that...
View ArticleGigaom: Been there, forked that: What the Unix-Linux schism can teach us...
Concerned about proprietary and expensive forks of Hadoop, T-Systems' Juergen Urbanski explains how to tell if you are buying an open version of Hadoop or something you might later regret. Hadoop…
View ArticleGigaom: Now that Hadoop is growing up, security is growing more important
Engineers at Hadoop distribution vendors are hard at work on as they look to add enterprises to their customer lists. Hadoop, the much-hyped software for processing large amounts of data on…
View ArticleGigaom: MapR boosts performance for its commercial HBase software
Hadoop startup MapR has released a new version of its commercial HBase database, called M7. According to a press release, "HBase applications can now benefit from MapR’s high performance platform to…
View ArticleGigaom: The biggest opportunity in Hadoop is capitalizing on the community
Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR and others are battling to lock down market share for commercial Hadoop software, but they're inherently limited when it comes to innovation. Why not take advantage of the…
View ArticleGigaom: Savvis adds managed Hadoop to its enterprise cloud
IaaS? Check. PaaS? Check. Now big data? Check. Savvis fills in its cloud services portfolio with new big data services. In another sign that the stakes have been raised above and…
View ArticleGigaom: Cloudera CEO: We’re taking the high (profit) road in Hadoop
Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly says his company doesn't really think of its peers Hortonworks and MapR as competitors, deciding instead to focus its efforts on winning bigger and broader deals. It…
View ArticleGigaom: It’s everywhere! The day Hadoop took over the cloud
Rackspace is now doing Hadoop, Cloudera just announced a handful of partners -- Hadoop is everywhere in the cloud these days. Here's a quick breakdown of what cloud providers are offering…
View ArticleGigaom: If you thought the Hadoop war of words was over, think again
Another day, another set of choice words hurled at one Hadoop vendor by another. This time, it's Hortonworks doing the hurling, claiming that Cloudera's business model isn't designed for today's big…
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