Apache Spark for Big Analytics
by Thomas Dinsmore, Director of Product Management at Revolution Analytics
The emergence of Apache Spark is a key development for Big Analytics in 2013.  Spark, an Apache incubator project, is an open source distributed computing framework for advanced analytics in Hadoop. ...
The 3 most common ways data junkies are using Hadoop
Just a few weeks ago, Apache Hadoop 2.0 was declared generally available–a huge milestone for the Hadoop market as it unlocks the vision of interacting with stored data in unprecedented ways. Hadoop remains the typical underpinning technology of “Big Data,” ...
7 Big Data Trends for 2014
As the year 2013 is almost over, it is good to have a look back at the trends that I discussed for 2013 and look forward to the Big Data trends of 2014. It can be said that 2013 was ...
The secrets of designing and building big data apps
Software applications have traditionally been perceived as a unit of computation designed and used to solve a problem. Whether an application is a CRM tool that helps manage customer information or a complex supply-chain management system, the problem it solves ...
Big Data and the Role of Intuition
Many people have asked me over the years about whether intuition has a role in the analytics and data-driven organization. I have always reassured them that there are plenty of places where intuition is still relevant. For example, a hypothesis ...
Why Santa needs Big Data
Now, Hadoop! Now, SQL! Now, NOSQL, and Opensource! On, Cloud technology! On, Apps! On, SaaS, and Infrastructure!
Back in the days before databases, automated production lines, and GPS, one man had one of the best, if not THE best system in ...
A Quick Guide To Choosing The Right Way To Use Hadoop
By Dan Woods, The market for Hadoop and related products is one of the most active in all of enterprise software. I’ve developed a simple framework that can help quickly explain the differences in the way Hadoop distributions are created ...
7 Ways Big Data Could Revolutionize Our Lives by 2020
We know that big data is changing the way we live and work. It is changing societies and changing businesses. On this platform we have included many best practices that show concrete example of how this is happening. To illustrate ...
IBM’s Predictions: 6 Big Data Trends In 2014
A big data expert shares predictions based on feedback from IBM's enterprise clients. Is it time to update your strategy?
Businesses next year will sharpen their focus on big data and place a greater emphasis on analytics projects, data-related security and ...
Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis
Sensing a growing interest in big data-style analysis, software provider Revolution Analytics has updated its flagship package of R statistical functions so it can be run with the Hadoop data processing platform.
Revolution R Enterprise 7 (RRE 7), to be made ...