Organizations Look for Simplicity, Affordability in Data Lakes
The reality is that data lakes are hard to manage.
Organizations Struggle with Data Overloads, Technology Maturity
Organizations are still exploring big data and Hadoop technology with the intent to modernize their data management infrastructure.
More Firms Embracing Streaming Analytics, Machine Learning
Many data-driven organizations are looking at event streaming architectures for creating new ways to derive business value from their data.
Making Data Work the Theme of This Year’s Strata Conference
Organizations are looking for their investments in big data and data analytics to pay off this year.
Big Data Market Growth Three Times That of IT Overall
The firm’s latest forecast predicts that the big data technology market will grow at a 13 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five years.
Move Over Data Keepers: Open Source is Here to Stay
Who is this data keeper and what does he do?
Many Firms Struggle to Access Data Quickly and Efficiently
Why do many firms find it difficult to access data from different parts of the organization in a quick and efficient manner.
Machine Learning Top-of-Mind for Strata Attendees
There was growing interest in machine learning among attendees of this year’s Strata & Hadoop World conference in New York.
Cloudera tells bright Sparks: Go teach yourselves Hadoop
Online DIY courses gotta be less tedious than teaching GCHQ's finest.
Microsoft and the ubiquity of data intelligence
Microsoft's got so much going on with data and analytics.
The Top 5 Trends in Big Data for 2017
Last year the big data market centered squarely on technology around the Hadoop ecosystem.
Shortages of Data Pros, Reliable Applications Still Haunt Many Organizations
The shortage of skilled data professionals continues to get plenty of press.
Data Lakes Hold Great Promise, But Huge Challenges for Many Firms
"Our aim is to be an agnostic layer that is the foundation for any big data sources and applications to integrate."
Data Pros Spend Bulk of Their Time ‘Wrangling’ Data, Not Analyzing It
Issues around data preparation and data quality continue to plague many data professionals.
5 Minutes with an Analyst: Misha Plotkine of MobyTrip.com
Plotkine spoke with Upside recently about his work and how analytics affects his company's growth.
The Data Science Hierarchy of Needs
There’s a logical hierarchy of needs for developing a big data strategy.
Stream Processing with Kafka Streams
This post intends to demonstrate how easy can be to build a stream processing application with Kafka Streams.
Notes on the transition to the cloud
“Cloud” means different things to different marketers.
Voice from CERN: Apache Spark 2.0 Performance Improvements Investigated With Flame Graphs
Luca Canali of CERN investigates performance improvements in Apache Spark 2.0 from whole-stage code generation using flame graphs.
Improving the Quality of Data on Hadoop
Big data is now receiving the same treatment as relational data.
6 best places to learn data science fast
If you’re looking to learn data science – quickly – then you’re in luck.
The Maturation of Hadoop — Adoption and Experience
The adoption of big data processing and analytics is pervasive across almost all industries.
Getting Going With Hadoop and Spark, the ClusterGX Option
The marketing message was all about huge scalability and the potential for big data.
SAP allots $2 billion for IoT investments, buys software firm Plat.One
The funds will support SAP's creation of IoT development labs around the world and the launch of a new product line.
Full transcript: Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley on Recode Decode
Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley said he’s still worried about a bubble.
How to Evaluate a Cloud-based Apache Spark Platform
A Buyer’s Guide from ESG Global
3 Big Trends in Business Intelligence and Analytics
Consistent quality data is cited as the number one challenge organizations face to realizing the full potential from analytics.
Teradata (re)embarks on a solutions journey
The journey will be a balancing act for avoiding conflict with the analytics software partners that have been pillars of its ecosystem.
Infobright and Data Lake Survival
It is a transcript of a conversation between Dr. Robin Bloor and Rick Glick.
What is hardcore data science—in practice?
Data science has early roots in scientists efforts to understand human intelligence and create artificial intelligence.
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Events
AWS re:Invent
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
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
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
OSCON covers FLOSS in its entirety. Not just one language, tool, or philosophy, but all the moving parts integrated and working together.
99U 2016
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
Consensus 2016 will define what is “real” in blockchain technology and focus on how to mainstream real-world applications for consumers.