Startups and More..: Features
How Facebook Fed Big Data Continuuity
We recently sat down with Jonathan Gray, who helped build some of the complex HBase infrastructure at Facebook that powered real-time services, including its Messages service, about what was needed to make Hadoop and HBase robust, flexible and consumable for Facebook--and now, through his startup Continuuity, for smaller companies that have big data....Read more...
New Ropes for Scaling the SQL Wall
In the war being raged against big data there might not be a clear victor in the SQL and NoSQL camps. In fact, some have made the argument that companies need both camps to scale into a new era and colonize the uncivilized masses of teeming, wild data—much of it galloping into real-time application engines. According to Splice Machine CEO, Monte Zweben there are...Read more...
Startups and More..: This Just In
Zoomdata Launches Beta Application
Zoomdata announced the beta release of the Zoomdata application, with a tablet version immediately available for the iPad. Read more...
Big Data Platform for Genomics Released
Bina Technologies today announced the commercial launch of the Bina Genomic Analysis Platform. Read more...
Numenta to Present Grok Streaming Analytics at GigaOM Conference
Numenta today announced it has been selected as one of the four Big Ideas companies to be featured at the GigaOM Structure:Data conference March 20-21 in New York City. Read more...
Context Relevant Announces Major Hires for Data Science
Big data startup Context Relevant announced it completed major hires, including two PhDs in data science and a senior marketing leader, to expand the company’s data science leadership and business execution capacity.Read more...
OpTier Recognized for Innovation in Analytics
OpTier today announced it has been recognized for its innovation in Advanced Performance Analytics (APA) in the EMA Radar report titled "EMA Use Cases for Advanced Performance Analytics: Big Data gets a new Face."Read more...
Big Data Startup Scores $30 Million in Series B
DataGravity, an early-stage company with a mission to turn data into information, today announced that it has raised $30 million in a series B investment round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Read more...
Zebit Announces Fraud Killer "Vulcan"
Zebit today that it has launched a new fraud detection model, "Vulcon" that can reduce fraud by 90%. Read more...
MortarData Among Winners for AWS Challenge
Amazon Web Services, Inc. today announced the winners of the sixth AWS Global Start-Up Challenge, including big data start-up, MortarData.Read more...
