10 Data Visualization Tools for Big Data
Data visualizations are everywhere today. From creating a visual representation of data points to impress potential investors, report on progress, or even visualize concepts for customer segments, data visualizations are a valuable tool in a variety of settings. When it ...
Cascading 3.0 Future-Proofs Data-Centric Application Development on Hadoop
Concurrent, Inc., the company behind Cascading, an open source application development framework for building data applications on Hadoop, has announced Cascading 3.0, which CEO Gary Nakamura says will give enterprises the flexibility to build their data-oriented applications on Hadoop once, and ...
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 ...
What Can GPFS on Hadoop Do For You?
The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is considered a core component of Hadoop, but it’s not an essential one. Lately, IBM has been talking up the benefits of hooking Hadoop up to the General Parallel File System (GPFS). IBM has ...
How to Get the Best Out of Big Data Solutions
Data has become the new raw material for businesses. And that’s how it should be in order to meet the dynamic needs of the current age. Thus, access to considerably large amounts of data and information always helps an organisation ...
In-demand big data skills: a mix of old and new
In fall of 2012, MIT's Sloan Management School issued a report discussing the differences between big and regular data, and also differences in skills that the two demanded.
Organizations that utilize big data differ from those with traditional data practices in ...
6 Trends That Go Beyond the Buzz of Big Data
It seems that there's as much substance as there is hype around Big Data. According to the study “Big Data Executive Survey 2013: The State of Big Data in the Large Corporate World,” by consultancy and analyst firm NewVantage Partners, ...