Avoiding Common Cloud Implementation Pitfalls

Cloud computing has revolutionized how businesses operate, offering scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. However, adopting cloud technologies can present various challenges that may hinder organizations from fully realizing the benefits of this transformative technology.Ā  In this article, we will explore common challenges ...

AWS joins Azure and Watson in bringing machine learning to big data

AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS) has announced that it will soon offer machine learning as an option to customers. The technology is the same creepy stuff that uses algorithms to recommend things that you might also like when you browse Mazon's retail ...

Using Hunk with Hadoop and Elastic MapReduce

HunkĀ is a relatively new product fromĀ SplunkĀ for exploring and visualizing Hadoop and other NoSQL data stores. New in this release is support for Amazonā€™sĀ Elastic MapReduce.Ā  Hunk with Hadoop Hadoop consists of two components, the first being a storage component called HDFS. HDFS can ...

16 NoSQL, NewSQL Databases To Watch

Why are businesses increasingly choosing alternatives to the leading relational database management systems when grappling with new data types and extreme scale? We put that question to Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company, which is using a NoSQL database, Riak, ...