Data Visualization-Drawing Actionable Big Data Insights
“So much data, so little time.” That’s how a lot of companies feel about the explosion of Big Data. After all, the thought of capturing, analyzing and somehow getting insights from mountains of disparate data can be overwhelming. And not ...
Scientists must spearhead ethical use of big data
The recent revelation that the National Security Agency collects the personal data of United States citizens, allies and enemies alike has broken the traditional erning the bond between science and society.
Most breakthrough technologies have dual uses. Think of atomic energy ...
Fedora Linux 20 Gears Up to Be a Big Data Server
The open source Fedora Linux distribution is out this week with the first alpha development build of its Fedora 20 release, along with a long list of proposed changes.
One of the key additions set to land in Fedora 20 is ...
Big-Data as Disease Detective
IBM announced earlier today that some of its research scientists are now collaborating with Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, San Francisco, to combat illness and infectious diseases in real-time with smarter data tools for public health.
The focus ...
Big data getting big for India Inc
In India, big data is giving rise to markedly improved decision making and is having a significant impact on companies competitive differentiation and ability to avert risk, said a study.
Almost 91% of Indian businesses surveyed reported that better uses of ...
ForeScout and Splunk team on Big Data and security intelligence
ForeScout Technologies Inc., a leading provider of pervasive network security solutions for Fortune 1000 enterprises and government organisations, today announced a technology partnership with Splunk Inc., the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence.
In conjunction with the partnership, ForeScout has ...
Using machine learning to make sense of IT’s big data
Business’ IT infrastructure is not something customers see. And more and more often, the businesses don’t “see” it either as they outsource the management of servers and services to third-party partners. This works well until a server outage disrupts a ...
The Wide Range of Different Big Data Technologies
Many of the latest big data technologies are developed by big data startups from around the world that have found a way to deal with the vast amounts of data. They have developed disruptive big data technology that can be ...
YarcData Announces Major Update to NoSQL Engine
YarcData, a NoSQL data engine vendor subsidiary of Cray Inc., has announced a major upgrade to its Urika Big Data analytics appliance, based on graph analytics. It also announced alliances with BI tools vendors Centrifuge Systems and TIBCO as well ...
Math matters-how big data is building the future of everything
New materials lead to new innovations. Gorilla Glass is a big selling point for smartphones. Kevlar saves lives and has worked its way into consumer products. Lithium-ion batteries have enabled a host of energy-storage applications, from planes to cars to ...