Top 10 big data stories of 2013
Big data. Anyone sick of it yet? Not the technology: the pulling together and cross-matching of disparate data on a massive scale is arguably producing more social, commercial and political change than any other innovation over the last couple of ...
HP’s Earth Insights deploys big data tech against eco threats
HP has turned its Vertica big data technology to the task of helping ecologists detect risks to threatened species.
The company announced HP Earth Insights on Tuesday, a joint project with non-governmental organisation Conservation International designed to speed up the analysis ...
The 4 Key Pillars of Hadoop Performance and Scalability
The era of Big Data has arrived. Once dismissed as a buzzword, organizations are now recognizing the benefits of capturing and analyzing mountains of information to gain actionable insights that foster innovation and competitive advantage. To that end, open-source Hadoop ...
Should DBAs learn Hadoop?
sqlI’m a DBA with a working knowledge of Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL. I have been reading more and more about big data, should I learn Hadoop?
First, thank you for emailing your question. The mere nature of your question tells ...
Making a business case for Hadoop
How will it fit in traditional enterprise IT environments?
Apache Hadoop is an open source technology that offers a radically cheaper alternative to the processing and storage of large amounts of unstructured data.
But for all of its potential benefits, Hadoop can ...
What’s the Big Deal About Big Data?
Big Data -- that is, the amassing and analysis of gigantic amounts of raw information from a wide range of sources -- might sound scary to people who imagine government supercomputers sifting through phone call records and toll-booth surveillance video ...
Big Data Success Means Investing in Talent and Tech
With all signs pointing to greater big data spending by businesses, the question is: Do you want to get the most out of your investment? To do so, experts say businesses shouldn't just invest on big data technologies, but on ...
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 ...
Data Scientists Create Code Of Professional Conduct
Concerned about big data's potential for misuse, a new organization of data scientists has created a set of rules for their profession.
The Data Science Association is a non-profit organization with more than 500 members, even though it's only about 2 ...
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 ...