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Pixar hit movie inspires innovative mini-robot from China

Aug 23, 2016

The developers created a tiny spider-like machine that can recognize objects and detect and record faces via its camera eye.

Companies, Users, and Surveys Agree: Spark Is Hot, Hot, Hot

Aug 22, 2016

Indicators suggest Spark's popularity is still waxing.

Is big data in big trouble?

Aug 19, 2016

What’s going on with the business intelligence (BI) and Hadoop space?

10 differences between Data Science and Business Intelligence

Aug 18, 2016

Why BI and Data Science are distinctively different beasts.

Hadoop and In-Cluster Analytics: Whitepaper

Aug 10, 2016

In this whitepaper there are 3 points to help you avoid bumping up against the limits of the database you’re moving the data into.

Data Natives Tel Aviv 2016: What is the “data-first” philosophy? Q&A With MapR’s Crystal Valentine

Aug 09, 2016

Dr. Valentine’s unique background in computer science has allowed her to apply big data use cases to impact real-world applications.

Data Software Startup MapR Raises $50M, Signals IPO Plans

Aug 09, 2016

MapR announced a $50 million equity financing today and revealed that it’s considering an initial public offering.

Hadoop vendor MapR raises another $50M as it sets its sights on IPO

Aug 09, 2016

The use of Hadoop-based open source big-data technology continues to grow among enterprises.

DBMS 2 : DataBase Management System Services

Aug 07, 2016

Discussions of NoSQL DBAs and some things about DataStax and Cassandra themselves

What is the Lambda Architecture?

Aug 05, 2016

The high-level overview of the Lambda architecture

The Object of My Analytics: Lessons From the Sharing Economy

Aug 05, 2016

At the core of the sharing economy is innovation in business models and use of technology by companies like Uber and Airbnb

When Moore’s Law: Checking Out or Changing Direction?

Aug 04, 2016

If you cannot increase the power of a new generation of chips every few years then this business model collapses.

Moving Forward with Big Data: Investments, Challenges, and Predictions

Aug 04, 2016

Predictions on the future of Big Data

Agenda Announced for #SparkSummit 2016 in Brussels

Aug 04, 2016

Get ready for Europe’s largest big data community gathering dedicated to Apache Spark!

Watch AI hack into AI at DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge

Aug 04, 2016

Events like the CGC are vital and foundational in helping the industry interact and exchange ideas.

Data Natives Tel Aviv 2016: A Conference For The Data-Driven Generation

Aug 03, 2016

Join industry leaders specializing in Big Data IoT AI and Machine Learning

The 2016 DBTA Readers’ Choice Award Winners

Aug 03, 2016

This award is unique because the nominees are submitted and the winners are chosen by the experts—the readers.

From Being Employees at Facebook to Understanding Big Data Analytics

Aug 02, 2016

Potential of Big Data in the Indian Market

Capturing changes from MySQL · Debezium

Aug 02, 2016

Debezium’s goal is to make change data capture easy for multiple DBMSes.

Threat of Blockchain Prompts New Strategy for Germany’s SAP

Aug 01, 2016

SAP SE’s engineers are trying to head off the latest challenge to its software empire: the blockchain.

Yahoo’s $4.8 billion sale to Verizon, explained

Aug 01, 2016

You’ve probably heard this part already: Yahoo is selling its core business to telecom giant Verizon

Hadoop VS Spark: Which is the best Data Analytics engine?

Jul 28, 2016

Which of the two data analytics engines is the better performer when it comes to applications in business.

Facebook blew away Wall Street expectations. Will Google do the same thing?

Jul 28, 2016

Facebook stock shot up as much as 7 percent in after-hours trading after beating earnings expectations.

Continuous Applications: Evolving Streaming in Apache Spark 2.0

Jul 28, 2016

Spark Streaming has become one of the most widely used distributed streaming engines.

Structured Streaming In Apache Spark

Jul 28, 2016

Apache Spark 2.0 adds the first version of a new higher-level API (Structured Streaming) for building continuous applications.

Machine Learning of the Next Decade: The Promises and the Pitfalls

Jul 26, 2016

Machine Learning of the next decade will be one of the biggest technological contributions to human society. But at what cost?

For only $30,000 you can build Facebook’s new camera to film 360-degree videos

Jul 26, 2016

On Tuesday Facebook posted online the instruction manual for the 360-degree camera.

Introducing Apache Spark 2.0

Jul 26, 2016

We’re excited to announce the general availability of Apache Spark 2.0 on Databricks.

VA Still Unclear About Long-Term Path For Records Approach

Jul 25, 2016

The program faces long-standing risks and technical issues that have not been surmounted in past efforts.

The collaborative innovation landscape in data science

Jul 24, 2016

Computing platforms should provide the fundamental building blocks and enable the users’ imagination to innovate.

Events

AWS re:Invent

Nov 28, 2022 Las Vegas, NV

Join us again this year in Las Vegas for our biggest, most comprehensive, and most vibrant event in cloud computing.

AI & Big Data Expo 2022

Oct 05, 2022 Santa Clara, CA

This technology event is for the ambitious enterprise technology professional, seeking to explore the latest innovations, implementations and strategies to drive businesses forward.

Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit

Oct 04, 2022 Austin, TX

Join the first-ever data streaming industry event at Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit. You’ll be able to immerse yourself in all things real-time data with peers.

O’Reilly Open Source Convention

May 16, 2016 Austin

OSCON covers FLOSS in its entirety. Not just one language, tool, or philosophy, but all the moving parts integrated and working together.

99U 2016

May 05, 2016 New York

The goal of the 99U Conference is to shift the focus from idea generation to idea execution. Providing road-tested insights

Consensus 2016: Making Blockchain Real

May 02, 2016 New York

Consensus 2016 will define what is “real” in blockchain technology and focus on how to mainstream real-world applications for consumers.