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Mike Olson on Zoo Animals, Object Stores, and the Future of Cloudera

During last week's Strata Data Conference, Datanami sat down to talk with Cloudera Chief Strategy Officer Mike Olson to talk about the state of big data, and where Cloudera offerings are headed next. Here's a rehash of t Read more…

Can Big Data Deliver on the Huge Expectations of Precision Medicine?

Big data can do a lot of things. But can it allow doctors to create drugs that are tailor-made to your genes, reduce the cost of healthcare for a billion people, and let us all live to 150? Only time will tell, but there Read more…

Real-World Hadoop Takes Center Stage at Strata

There's no faster path to budgetary oblivion than implementing technology for technology's sake. In today's super-heated big data environment, it's easy to get all worked up over technologies like Hadoop without carefull Read more…

Congratulations Hadoop, You Made It–Now Disappear

Hadoop has matured at a rapid rate since it broke into the mainstream several years ago. With billions in venture funding, an eager community of developers, and a thriving ISV community, the open source big data platform Read more…

Cloudera’s Mike Olson Hands Over CEO Reins

The Hadoop distro world saw a significant shakeup yesterday, as Mike Olson announced in a blog post yesterday that he is stepping down as CEO of Cloudera. He will remain with the company as Chief Strategy Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors while former Arcsight CEO Tom Reilly will assume the head role for Cloudera. Read more…

Hadoop Sharks Smell Blood; Take Aim at Status Quo

There may be blood is in the water as major Hadoop sharks, Cloudera and MapR, roll out new campaigns and messaging aiming directly at the turf of the traditional database management systems. Does their hype match up with reality? Not everyone thinks so. Read more…

Sears Rides Hadoop Up Retail Mountain

Sears has seen their big data processing, especially with regard to evaluating marketing campaigns, quicken as a result of moving their data from Teradata and SAS onto Hadoop. According to Shelley, what took six weeks’ time now happens within a week on Hadoop. Read more…

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