ScaleOut Pushes Hadoop Towards Low-Latency for Real-Time Analytics
OK, so the headline is a tad extreme, but bear with me. Recent developments combining in-memory technologies and Hadoop/MapReduce from ScaleOut Software point to a future where big data analytics and real-time processing, as it's defined in the financial markets, ...
Start Small, Grow Tall-Debunking Three Big Data Myths
Enterprises don’t need petabytes of data, a small army of data scientists, not even a big budget to get a meaningful start with Big Data — thanks to Hadoop.
Harness Big Data, the common refrain in many business and technology publications ...
The Big Data Conundrum-How to Define It?
Big Data is revolutionizing 21st-century business without anybody knowing what it actually means. Now computer scientists have come up with a definition they hope everyone can agree on.
One of the biggest new ideas in computing is “big data.” There is ...
Pros and Benefits of Cloud Web Hosting
Cloud web hosting is no longer considered a futuristic technology, since it’s becoming a very important alternative to the conventional servers and is also very cost effective in terms of storage solution. This makes it flexible, reliable and scalable. There ...
Why a big brain may be the main requirement for big data
It's an engrossing thought for an idle moment: if you had all the computing power in the world at your disposal, what task would you want accomplished? Would you put it to work on a cure for cancer? Or perhaps ...
Why NoSQL is important for mobile app developers
Chatting with Bob Wiederhold, CEO with Couchbase was just like a blast from the past for GoMo News. We began to talk about databases when he started to explain why his company, Couchbase, had decided to move into the mobile ...
Big Data Is Too Big for Scientists to Handle Alone
Seven years ago, when David Schimel was asked to design an ambitious data project called the National Ecological Observatory Network, it was little more than a National Science Foundation grant. There was no formal organization, no employees, no detailed science ...
How big data will solve your email problem
Over 150 billion email messages are currently being sent every day from about 3.5 billion email accounts worldwide. So, it’s easy to understand why we miss important messages as we struggle to keep up with the surge. For some, the ...
Monsanto buys weather big data company for $930M
It turns out Monsanto needs a little help with its mission to create genetically modified, chemically enhanced supercrops that are resistant to everything the planet could throw at them.
The Big Ag giant is purchasing big data company The Climate Corporation ...
In-demand big data skills: a mix of old and new
In fall of 2012, MIT's Sloan Management School issued a report discussing the differences between big and regular data, and also differences in skills that the two demanded.
Organizations that utilize big data differ from those with traditional data practices in ...