Data Engineers in Hot Demand

The big data community has been dealing with the data scientist shortage ever since big data became a thing. Now we're learning that there's possibly an even bigger shortage of another type of data professional: the data Read more…

Cloudera Releases Impala Into the Wild

The week, Cloudera announced that Impala, their SQL on Hadoop initiative, is moving out of public beta and into general availability. Datanami spoke with Cloudera to get an overview of the state of Impala, how they see it stacking up in the competitive landscape, and where the space will move in the near future. Read more…

A Big Data Revolution in Astrophysics

As more powerful telescopes are developed, more is learned about the wild happenings in space, including black holes, binary star systems, the movement of galaxies, and even the detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background, which may hint at the beginnings of the universe. However, the speed with which researchers are able... Read more…