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 ...
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 ...
Software vendor Syncsort has partnered with Cloudera, provider of one of the most popular distributions of Apache Hadoop, to create a solution for customers who want to apply Hadoop-based analytics to data that sits on mainframes.
According to Syncsort, mainframes host ...
In its second annual Big Data Insights and Opportunities study, CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the IT industry, found that 78 percent of organizations feel more positive about big data as a business initiative than they did last year and ...
Businesses are eager to spend money on big data, but few have a clear cut plan for what they plan to do with the technology, according to a new Gartner report. 64% of organizations surveyed have already purchased or are ...
NoSQL startup Couchbase is trying to stake its claim as the go-to database for mobile apps with a new product designed specifically for iOS and Android devices. Called Couchbase Lite, it’s built to run directly on a phone or tablet ...
In July, I brought my 15-month-old and 4-year-old sons to a medical center in Palo Alto. Eight weeks earlier, I had moved to California to launch my company Hexigo in the U.S., and it was time to see a doctor ...
IBM announced it has acquireds Ltd., a leading provider of software that makes it easier for business and IT professionals to view large documents and images. Daeja is a privately held software company with headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK. Financial ...
Big data is becoming one big complex. It is the business world’s newest iteration of “keeping up with the Joneses.” The fervor for the latest and most expensive collection systems, infrastructure, and PhD-wielding data scientists is rising with the signature ...
Anyone who spends time sifting through industry publications – regarding just about any major sector – can't go too long without stumbling upon some content regarding big data. The intensity of the laser-focused attention on big data has reached a ...