10 Big Data Predictions for 2014
Big data was seen as one of the biggest buzzwords of 2013 and companies are spending a lot on Big data analytics. The storage and analysis of large and/or complex data sets using a series of techniques including, but not ...
Impala and SQL on Hadoop
The origins of Impala can be found in F1 – The Fault-Tolerant Distributed RDBMS Supporting Google’s Ad Business.
One of many differences between MapReduce and Impala is in Impala the intermediate data moves from process to process directly instead of storing it ...
Google Launches BigQuery Streaming For Real-Time, Big-Data Analytics
BigQuery, Google’s cloud-based tool for quickly analyzing very large datasets, is getting a massive price cut today (up to 85 percent). But Google is also adding an important new feature that will make it more competitive with the big data service ...
Top 12 funded Big Data Startup companies
Big data companies are attracting big investments from venture capitalists. But which startups are garnering the most funding? Venture capitalists made more big data investments than ever before in 2012, and a few more deals have already closed in 2013. ...
Big Data In 2014-6 Bold Predictions
How will big data evolve in 2014? The future is anyone's guess, of course, but we thought we'd compile a tasty holiday assortment of prognostications from executives working in the big data trenches. So without further delay, here they are ...
Apache Spark for Big Analytics
by Thomas Dinsmore, Director of Product Management at Revolution Analytics
The emergence of Apache Spark is a key development for Big Analytics in 2013.  Spark, an Apache incubator project, is an open source distributed computing framework for advanced analytics in Hadoop. ...
7 Big Data Trends for 2014
As the year 2013 is almost over, it is good to have a look back at the trends that I discussed for 2013 and look forward to the Big Data trends of 2014. It can be said that 2013 was ...
Why Santa needs Big Data
Now, Hadoop! Now, SQL! Now, NOSQL, and Opensource! On, Cloud technology! On, Apps! On, SaaS, and Infrastructure!
Back in the days before databases, automated production lines, and GPS, one man had one of the best, if not THE best system in ...
7 Ways Big Data Could Revolutionize Our Lives
We know that big data is changing the way we live and work. It is changing societies and changing businesses. On this platform we have included many best practices that show concrete example of how this is happening. To illustrate ...
IBM’s Predictions: 6 Big Data Trends In 2014
A big data expert shares predictions based on feedback from IBM's enterprise clients. Is it time to update your strategy?
Businesses next year will sharpen their focus on big data and place a greater emphasis on analytics projects, data-related security and ...