Big Data
The well-known three Vs of Big Data - Volume, Variety, and Velocity – are increasingly placing pressure on organizations that need to manage this data as well as extract value from this data deluge for Predictive Analytics and Decision-Making. Big Data technologies, services, and tools such as Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive and NoSQL/NewSQL databases and Data Integration techniques, In-Memory approaches, and Cloud technologies have emerged to help meet the challenges posed by the flood of Web, Social Media, Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) data flowing into organizations.
Big Data Articles
DBTA Webcast: Hadoop and Your Enterprise Data Warehouse” – February 25 at 11 am PT/ 2 pm ET
Join DBTA for a special roundtable webcast, "Hadoop and Your Enterprise Data Warehouse," on Wednesday, February 25, at 11 am PT/ 2pm ET. Presenters will include Kevin Petrie, senior director, Attunity; George Corugedo, chief technology officer and co-founder, RedPoint Global; and Nitin Bandugula, senior product marketing manager, MapR.
Posted February 23, 2015
Early Bird Pricing Open for Data Summit 2015
Early bird registration is now available for Data Summit 2015, which will take place Monday, May 11, through Wednesday, May 13, at the New York Hilton Midtown. Register by April 11 to take advantage of the super early bird rates.
Posted February 23, 2015
New MapR Distribution Release Supports the Real-Time, Data-Centric Enterprise
MapR Technologies has introduced the latest version of the MapR Distribution including Hadoop, with new features that support real-time applications on globally-distributed, big and fast data.The company also launched three new quick start solutions to help jump-start customers' Hadoop deployments with MapR. The quick start solutions, which address common and high value Hadoop use cases.
Posted February 19, 2015
Oracle Big Data Discovery and GoldenGate for Big Data Make Enterprise Big Data a “Team Sport”
Oracle has begun shipping its new Oracle Big Data Discovery and Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data products. With Oracle GoldenGate for Big Data, the technology, which is used to replicate data from system to system in real time, adds Hadoop as a target environment, and with Big Data Discovery, Oracle provides an end to end environment that is visual and intuitive in order to allow business analysts and business users to participate in the big data analytics process.
Posted February 19, 2015
New Couchbase Server Integration with Hortonworks Data Platform
Couchbase has announced integration between its high-performance NoSQL database Couchbase Server 3.0.2 and the Hortonworks Data Platform 2.2, an open Hadoop data platform, via distributed messaging with Apache Kafka and stream processing via Apache Storm.
Posted February 19, 2015
It's All About the Data: The Internet of Things Raises Connectivity to a New Level
The "Internet of Things" (IoT) is opening up a new world of data interchange between devices, sensors, and applications, enabling businesses to monitor, in real time, the health and performance of products long after they leave the production premises. At the same time, enterprises now have access to valuable data—again, in real time if desired—on how customers are adopting products and services.
Posted February 18, 2015
Pentaho to Deliver On Demand Big Data Analytics
Pentaho, which is in the process of being acquired by Hitachi, has opened its data refinery - which transforms raw data into actionable information - to Amazon Redshift and Cloudera Impala.
Posted February 18, 2015
Syncsort Completes Purchase of UK-Based Williams Data Systems
Syncsort, a provider of big data and mainframe software, has completed the acquisition of UK-based William Data Systems, a provider of advanced network monitoring and security software products for the IBM z Systems z/OS mainframe platform. According to Syncsort, because the mainframe is a high-volume transactional supercomputer, the networking and security data collected by the William Data product suite is particularly valuable to fast-growing big data and analytical platforms.
Posted February 18, 2015
HP Introduces Free, Open Source Predictive Analytics Software
HP has introduced a new offering called HP Haven Predictive Analytics to accelerate and operationalize large-scale machine learning and statistical analysis.
Posted February 18, 2015
GridGain Announces Version 7.0 In-Memory Data Fabric Built on Apache Ignite
GridGain Systems, provider of open source and commercial in-memory data fabric solutions, is introducing a new release of the GridGain In-Memory Data Fabric Enterprise Edition built on Apache Ignite. Available for download in early in Q2, the new release includes ease-of-use and automation features to help simplify the deployment of the software as well as the migration from legacy in-memory data grids.
Posted February 18, 2015
StackIQ Updates Data Center Automation Portfolio
StackIQ Inc., a provider of server automation solutions, has released a new version of software offering key new data center automation capabilities. "Boss 5 extends our full stack server automation capabilities to Docker containers as well as enhancing all of our Hadoop and OpenStack solutions," says Tim McIntire, CEO and co-founder of StackIQ Inc.
Posted February 17, 2015
Software AG and Wipro Dive into the Internet of Things
Software AG and Wipro Ltd. announced a joint solution platform for streaming analytics that provides real-time actionable intelligence for the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market. The solution, branded as Wipro Looking Glass, is engineered to respond to events in real-time with unlimited scalability.
Posted February 17, 2015
RapidMiner Creates Self-Service Analytics for Hadoop
RapidMiner is releasing self-service analytics for Hadoop. RapidMiner offers a solution that accelerates time to value for building and deploying advanced analytic models with numerous types of data. "Our value is around accelerating time to value for our customers. We do this through pre-built models which we call accelerators," stated Michele Chambers, president and COO at RapidMiner.
Posted February 17, 2015
Tamr Updates Enterprise Data Unification Platform
Tamr, Inc., has introduced a new version of its scalable data unification platform that lets enterprises continuously deliver better data to decision-makers. In a related announcement, Tamr also unveiled two data-unification solutions for specific, high-value data variety challenges: Tamr for CDISC and Tamr for Procurement. Founded in 2013 by big data entrepreneurs Andy Palmer and Michael Stonebraker, Tamr is based in Cambridge, Mass.
Posted February 17, 2015
Introducing N1QL in Couchbase Server
N1QL is a distributed query engine with powerful secondary index options and incremental map/reduce views. Join DBTA for a special webcast sponsored by NoSQL vendor Couchbase to look at the query engine details and indexing capabilities. The webcast will take place, Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 11 am PT/2 pm ET and one attendee will win a $100 American Express gift card during the live event!
Posted February 17, 2015
Datameer Introduces Big Data Analytics Platform for Hadoop-as-a-Service
To help simplify Hadoop deployments, Datameer is partnering with cloud providers Altiscale and Bigstep, to introduce Datameer Professional, a SaaS big data analytics platform targeted at department-specific deployments.
Posted February 17, 2015
Pivotal Expands the Big Data Ecosystem with Three Bold Big Data Moves
Hadoop heavyweight Pivotal is open sourcing components of its Big Data Suite, including Pivotal HD, HAWQ, Greenplum Database, and GemFire; forming the Open Data Platform (ODP), a new industry foundation along with founding members GE, Hortonworks, IBM, Infosys, SAS, and other big data leaders; and forging a new business and technology partnership with Hortonworks.
Posted February 17, 2015
IOUG to Present Track at Data Summit 2015 in NYC - May 11-13
The IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group) is joining DBTA as a conference partner at the Data Summit 2015 conference, a comprehensive conference focused on information management and big data for technology and database professionals. The IOUG track at the Data Summit will focus on big data in the cloud and the evolution of the data warehouse.
Posted February 12, 2015
Trillium Software Introduces Big Data Quality Solution for Hadoop Environments
Contending that big data is meaningless to an organization if it is not correct and complete, Trillium Software has unveiled Trillium Big Data, a data quality solution that extends the capabilities of the flagship Trillium Software System to the Hadoop big data environment. "Trillium Big Data is the second in a series of planned new product launches for Trillium Software in 2015 which will help organizations increase the value of their data," said Phil Galati, CEO at Trillium Software.
Posted February 12, 2015
Special Report on Data Lake Success Strategies Now Available
Unisphere Research and Radiant Advisors have announced the publication of a brand new report on the emerging concepts and strategies surrounding the data lake. "We wrote The Definitive Guide to the Data Lake to provide guidance to those considering the data lake by sharing the findings of companies within our research and advisory network that are actively implementing data lake strategies today," said John O'Brien, CEO of Radiant Advisors.
Posted February 11, 2015
Decoding the Mixed Messages of Hadoop
Someone new to big data and Hadoop might be forgiven for feeling a bit confused after reading some of the recent press coverage on Hadoop. On one hand, Hadoop has achieved very bullish coverage in mainstream media. However, counter to this positive coverage, there have been a number of claims that Hadoop is overhyped. What's a person to make of all these mixed messages?
Posted February 11, 2015
Does the Looming Shortage in DBAs Spell Opportunity?
It's already a great time to be a DBA or to consider becoming one. U.S. News & World Report ranks the DBA profession as the No. 5 best IT job and the #12 overall best professional jobs for 2014. The job outlook is very strong at 15% growth year-over-year, far greater than the U.S. economy in general and the IT industry in particular. For added context, consider that the business world is now enamored with data, analytics, and data visualization.
Posted February 11, 2015
MultiValue Special Section: MutliValue Vendors Pushing Boundaries
There are always new buzzwords coming along. But whether you call it "SMAC" or "CAMS," there is no doubt that today the confluence of trends—analytics, cloud, social, and mobile—is proving to be a disruptive force that is causing many to reassess their approaches to data management. Over the years, MultiValue technologies have evolved and adapted, pushing boundaries in order to integrate with new data sources and targets, address new analytics needs, and keep pace with emerging requirements. This has enabled customers to continue to rely on their trusted, and often highly specialized, MultiValue applications and data management systems.
Posted February 11, 2015
Deploying New Technologies to Leverage Big Data
Attunity recently added new capabilities to its solution suite with the acquisition of BIReady's data warehouse automation technology, which eliminates the complex, manual tasks of preparing data for BI and big data analytics. Lawrence Schwartz, Attunity's vice president of marketing, spoke with DBTA about BIReady and other Attunity solutions for customers dealing with big data projects.
Posted February 11, 2015
WANTED: Professionals to Educate and Enlighten Enterprises on Data Security
There has been no shortage of disturbing accounts of data breaches and system hacks across many of the world's organizations. A recent survey of 353 data managers and professionals, members of the Independent Oracle Users Group, finds that enterprises are well aware of the risks they may encounter and bracing for the next potential onslaught of data security threats. More than one-third say their organizations are vulnerable, and likely to be hit by an incident, up from 20% in a similar survey conducted in 2008.
Posted February 11, 2015
Teradata Announces New Big Data Products and Services
Teradata is introducing new big data applications that incorporate recently acquired capabilities and technologies from Revelytix and Thing Big Analytics. The new offerings include solutions targeted to specific verticals such as retail and healthcare, new Teradata Loom 2.4 capabilities to expand the depth and breadth of metadata in the data lake, and a new fixed price/fixed time-frame data lake optimization service offering. The new products and services are targeted at extending big data competency to more non-data scientist users, and helping companies gain additional value from their data lake projects, said Chris Twogood, vice president of product and services marketing at Teradata.
Posted February 11, 2015