Tag: Big Data
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Structure Big Data Roundup
Good number of articles from Derrick Harris over at GigaOm rounding up the Structure Big Data Conference. First, there’s a look at Hadoop, Cloudera, and alternatives to Cloudera from IBM, DataStax, Hadapt etc. in As Big Data Takes Off, the Hadoop Wars Begin, and second there’s a piece about Why Big Data Startups Should Take a Narrow View:
[…] analyzing social media data is not the same, either in technique or in purpose, as analyzing user data to feed a recommendation engine for a site like Netflix.… Continued
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Cloudera’s Olson Says Data Will Transform Industry
Great Bloomberg interview with Cloudera CEO Mike Olson on open source and big data.
Via the 451 group
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Teradata acquiring Aster Data
This just came in: Teradata acquiring Aster Data. Database consolidation wars is full speed ahead, last month, it was HP acquiring Vertica, last year IBM bought Netezza, and EMC bought Greenplum. So within six months, the four biggest and most promising MPP DB vendors have found a new owner.
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What’s in a Name
Following up on last week’s The meaning of NoSQL, there are quite a number of well thought out articles around CouchOne’s decision to not associate itself with NoSQL:
- Why Cloud Computing Sells and NoSQL Is Fading about the fact that Cloud was at the same position three years ago, but climbed to hill to success, whereas Grid Computing didn’t, and NoSQL likely won’t
- The beginning of the end of NoSQL notes that Big Data, with which NoSQL has become closely associated, is endangered as well because there’s a trademark on that term.
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10 Signs You Need A Big Data Retention Solution
10 Signs You Need A Big Data Retention Solution by Rainstor’s Ramon Chen.
The reality, driven by more stringent legislation, governance and extended on-demand accessibility to historical data, is that structured data retention is now fast becoming the #1 imperative for businesses worldwide.… Continued
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The meaning of NoSQL
If anyone NoSQL solution vendor’s marketing skills stand out, then it’s certainly CouchOne. First the rebranding from CouchIO to CouchOne, then the awareness of the shift in the general perception of NoSQL away from the generic meaning of ‘not (only) SQL’ to meaning ‘Big Data’ solution.… Continued
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Facebook’s New Real-time Messaging System: HBase to Store 135+ Billion Messages a Month
You’ve likely seen Facebook announcement of it’s new Messaging system. They now also have a blog about The Underlying Technology of Messages. And Todd Hoff is dissecting the blog article and adding some context in Facebook’s New Real-time Messaging System: HBase to Store 135+ Billion Messages a Month.… Continued
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The Big Data Era: How Data Strategy Will Change
Doug Henschen’s The Big Data Era: How Data Strategy Will Change is another good piece about the future of BI and Big Data (registration required, or ask Google for freely accessible copies of the article). He mentions lots of different companies, their challenges and how they solved them, so good to get an overview of the different facets.
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What’s Essential – And What’s Not – In Big Data Analytics
Very good article about What’s Essential – And What’s Not – In Big Data Analytics. Starts with a Big Data Analytics overview, then dives into the columnar vs. row based DBs debate (only to find that that’s ultimately not generally important, as all these systems are built to scale, and it depends on your data and requirements which DB engine handles it best).… Continued