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2018: A Big Data Year in Review

As 2018 comes to a close, it's worth taking some time to look back on the major events that occurred this year in the big data, data science, and AI space. There's a lot that occurred – and a lot that we chronicled in Read more…

Western Union Clamps Down on Fraud with ML

Money transfers are a rich target for fraudsters, who have devised all sorts of creative ways to steal the funds. But thanks to a sophisticated machine learning system running atop a large Hadoop cluster, Western Union h Read more…

Inside Pachyderm, a Containerized Alternative to Hadoop

Last week was a big one for Pachyderm, the containerized big data platform that's emerging as an easier-to-use alternative to Hadoop. With a $10 million round of funding, public testimonials from customers like the Defen Read more…

AI Needs To Be Easier, But How?

Companies today are scrambling to take advantage of the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence technologies, such as deep learning. They're driven in part by fear of being left behind, and hopes of getting ahead of c Read more…

What’s Driving the Cloud Data Warehouse Explosion?

The advent of powerful data warehouses in the cloud is changing the face of big data analytics, as companies move their workloads into the cloud. According to analysts and cloud executives, the phenomenon is accelerating Read more…

MapR Targets Cloudera-Hortonworks Customers with ‘Clarity’ Release

MapR Technologies went on the offensive today against its Hadoop rivals Hortonworks and Cloudera with the launch of a "Clarity" release of its MapR Converged Data Platform, as well as a new offer for a free big data asse Read more…

Latest Bot Targets Hadoop Clusters

Hadoop clusters are under siege by a recently discovered malware threat designed to take over cloud-based servers as a platform for launching distributed denial-of-service attacks. The malware dubbed DemonBot was repo Read more…

New Cloudera Plots a Course Toward a Unified Future

The merger of Hortonworks and Cloudera will eliminate competition in the market for big data platforms and create a clear leader in the space. Once the transaction is complete, the new Cloudera will embark upon the chall Read more…

Is Hadoop Officially Dead?

The merger of Cloudera and Hortonworks was applauded by many people in the big data community, and even Wall Street liked the news initially. But as the confetti from the party clears, some are asking tough questions, li Read more…

New Teradata Focuses on Answers, Not Analytics

Teradata shook up its 39-year-old business this week with a new logo, a new global headquarters, a new suite of software, and a promise to deliver "answers" to customers, not more analytics. Analytics, it seems, is no Read more…

Reaction to Hortonworks-Cloudera Mega Merger

"I didn't see this coming." That was a common reaction to yesterday's news that Hortonworks and Cloudera are combining forces in a blockbuster $5.2-billion merger. Sentiment was mostly positive, especially among people w Read more…

Cloudera and Hortonworks to Merge in $5.2 Billion Deal

Cloudera and Hortonworks, the two leading companies backing Hadoop distributions and fierce head-to-head rivals,  today made the unlikely announcement that they plan to merge, creating a single company under the Clouder Read more…

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…

Arcadia Data Looks to Streamline Big Data Search

Since emerging in June 2015, Arcadia Data has steadily upgraded its native Hadoop visual analytics platform to its latest hybrid iteration running both on the open-source framework and the cloud that now includes search- Read more…

Cloudera Pivots from Zoo Animals to Data Warehousing

As an amalgamation of various open source projects, Hadoop has always been a little wild, which kept followers on the cutting edge, for better and for worse. With today's launch of Cloudera Data Warehouse, Cloudera is ta Read more…

Pandora’s Journey from Hadoop to MemSQL

Pandora Media, the music streaming service, transitioned two years ago from heavy reliance on Hadoop for distributed processing to MemSQL as its primary database. The switch was prompted by the company’s inability b Read more…

Cisco Backs Data Startup Dremio

Dremio Corp., the startup launched by the creators of Apache Arrow development platform for in-memory data, continues to attract investors to its data platform. The three-year-old company based in Mountain View, Calif Read more…

Water Co. Exploring Use of ML to Detect Quality Issues

Everybody expects to have clean drinking water. But as the lead crises in Michigan has shown, that's not always the case. Now American Water, the largest publicly traded water company in the country, is actively research Read more…

Neustar Finds the ‘Last Mile’ for Hadoop Analytics

Like many companies in the marketing analytics business, Neustar uses Hadoop to store and process large amounts of highly granular data on behalf of its clients. In fact, the company has used Hadoop for over a decade, a Read more…

MapR Makes Platform More Cloud-Like

MapR Technologies today unveiled a major enhancement to its big data cluster that introduces features commonly found on public cloud platforms, including support for an S3-compatible API, erasure coding, and a data-tieri Read more…

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