Pandemic Driving Analytics Use Globally, Survey Says

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things about the way we work. One of those appears to be our use of analytics, which has increased at 89% of companies recently surveyed by ManageEngine. Improved decision-making Read more…

Machine Learning’s Adoption Gap: Assessing the Consequences

Despite its position as a key element driving big data analytics and artificial intelligence, machine learning is scarcely being adopted by companies at large. That's the conclusion of a new report on digital transformat Read more…

Apache Spark Adoption by the Numbers

It's been about three years since Apache Spark burst onto the big data scene and became one of the hottest technologies on the planet. Judging by the numbers surrounding Spark's adoption—including things like salaries, Read more…

More Companies Walking the Big Data Walk

There's a big difference between saying you're going to do something, and actually doing it. That dynamic has been at play in the big data arena for some time now, as evidenced by a lot of talk, but a relatively low leve Read more…

Hadoop Opportunity ‘Never Been Bigger’ Says Hortonworks CEO

Don't be fooled by the Hadoop naysayers, Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden told an audience at the Hadoop Summit yesterday. "The opportunity has never been bigger," he said. "We may never have an opportunity this big again in Read more…

Gartner: Hadoop Adoption ‘Fairly Anemic’

Enterprise adoption of Hadoop remains "tentative," according to a new survey, as lingering challenges posed by doubts about the business value of the software framework and database skills gap hinder uptake. Market re Read more…