Manufacturing: Features
How Ford is Putting Hadoop Pedal to the Metal
Ford Motor, like any other company at its scale, has been contending with a slew of big data problems--a matter that is being complicated by ever-growing additions to the data feed, from its own internal feeds to the terabytes of vehicle-fed machine data. We talked in depth with Ford's data science lead about the company's tough vendor and technology decisions around Hadoop and where the real value of such....Read more...
Software Development Strategies for the Age of Data
Being able to unlock the value in big data with the almost unlimited and economical processing power of modern commodity hardware is enough to make both technologists and business leaders drool – if the software pieces of the puzzle can catch up, says Actian CTO, Michael Hoskins. Hoskins says we've entered a wild west phase in the age of data.Read more...
Pivotal Launches With $105m Investment From GE
Startup company, Pivotal, announced today that they will be receiving a strategic investment from GE along the lines of $105 million dollars, representing a 10% equity stake in the company that was spun out of EMC to challenge the existing cloud software establishment.Read more...
Manufacturing: News in Brief
Big Data & Virtual Prototyping Changing Auto Design Culture
Design and engineering teams at Jaguar Land Rover say that big data and virtual prototyping are changing the culture and way they think about their work.Read more...
Legacy Systems a Challenge for Big Automakers
Ford Motor Company is making use of big data in many aspects of their operations, but legacy systems present a challenge as the company moves into the new era.Read more...
Taming the Ocean (literally) of Big Data
The ocean covers approximately 139 million square miles (or 361 million square kilometers) of the Earth’s surface. That’s approximately 70% of the total surface area of the Earth, and it represents an enormous opportunity (and challenge) for data collection. OneOcean aims to harness the data of the world's seas.Read more...
Manufacturing: This Just In
Apriso Drives Manufacturing Transformation
Apriso detailed how products from Microsoft Corp. have contributed to Apriso’s product line. Read more...
LumaSense Introduces Sensorgraphics Process Intelligence
LumaSense Technologies introduced today its new LumaSpec R/T Industrial Analytics software. Read more...
Univa Releases Grid Engine 8.1.4, Helps Archimedes Meet Demands
Largest Grid Engine update in 10 months brings new memory usage reporting and enhanced Intel Xeon Phi support.Read more...
