Could Microsoft Cosmos Challenge Hadoop?
A new Microsoft data crunching framework is set to launch on the company’s Azure cloud, according to a report from Redmond pundit Mary Jo Foley on ZDNet. Dubbed Cosmos, it’s a potential competitor to both Hadoop and eventually Google’s homegrown ...
11 Telecom Operators Sharing Case Studies and Perspectives Monetising Big Data in Telecoms World Summit 2015
Senior Directors from 11 telecom operators namely Aircel, Bedigital, Bharti Airtel, Celcom, Digi, Globe Telecom, Indosat, StarHub, True Corporation, Vodafone & XL Axiata will be sharing case studies and perspectives on how to monetise internal and external big data at ...
Using Hunk with Hadoop and Elastic MapReduce
Hunk is a relatively new product from Splunk for exploring and visualizing Hadoop and other NoSQL data stores. New in this release is support for Amazon’s Elastic MapReduce.Â
Hunk with Hadoop
Hadoop consists of two components, the first being a storage component called HDFS. HDFS can ...
NoSQL, NewSQL, or RDBMS-How To Choose
When should you choose a NoSQL or NewSQL option versus a conventional relational database management system? Here are 10 telltale traits that will help you make the right choice.
Today's databases are not only expected to be flexible enough to handle ...
5 Big Data Apps with Effective Use Cases
Even if your organization is compelled to become more data-driven, many don’t know how to transform themselves out of the use-your-gut mentality and into a data-first one.
The easiest way? Take shortcuts by refusing to reinvent the wheel and following the ...
How to Create a Database in MongoDB
MongoDB is one of the “NoSQL” types of database solutions used to store and query big data. Old SQL developers might find Mongo a bit counterintuitive. With normal, relational databases, you create a database, then tables and then insert your ...
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, ...
Oracle Unveils MySQL Fabric
Ever since Oracle gained control over the MySQL relational database by acquiring Sun Microsystems, doubts have been raised about the company’s level of commitment to an open source database that many see as a rival to Oracle’s namesake RDBMS.
In a ...
Couchbase NoSQL Database Goes Mobile
NoSQL database vendor Couchbase Inc. is seeking to let developers build always-available, data-driven apps for mobile users wherever they are, even when they don't have connectivity to the cloud.
The Couchbase Mobile suite was released yesterday, featuring three components, including an ...
Updated PostgreSQL targets NoSQL market
Embracing the widely used JSON data-exchange format, the new version of the PostgreSQL open-source database takes aim at the growing NoSQL market of nonrelational data stores, notably the popular MongoDB.
The first beta version of PostgreSQL 9.4, released Thursday, includes a ...