How to Find Out What Big Data Knows About You
The world of Big Data is a world of pervasive data collection and aggressive analytics. Some see the future and cheer it on; others rebel. Behind it all lurks a question most of us are asking—does it really matter? I ...
Big data – a marketer’s dream or dilemma?
Everyone is talking about "big data", especially in marketing where it promises to enable a new era of perfectly targeted messaging for the modern, connected consumer – or is that just hype, soon to evaporate among privacy fears, confusion, and ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...