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IBM ‘DataWorks’ Leverages Watson, Spark

Project DataWorks, a new initiative launched this week by IBM to advance its analytics push, seeks to forge a cloud-based analytics platform that combines different data types with its Watson cognitive computing technolo Read more…

IBM Debuts Power8 Chip with NVLink and 3 New Systems

Not long after revealing more details about its next-gen Power9 chip due in 2017, IBM today rolled out three new Power8-based Linux servers and a new version of its Power8 chip featuring on-chip NVLink interconnect. One Read more…

IBM Seeks to Simplify Graph with New Titan Service

IBM today took the wraps off a new cloud-based graph service based on open source Titan and Apache TinkerPop technologies. Called IBM Graph, the new service is suitable for production graph workloads of any size. But IBM Read more…

New Flash from IBM Targets Unstructured Data Analytics

JBOF (“jay-boff”), or Just A Bunch of Flash, may sound like a pejorative acronym. But when industry analyst Randy Kerns, senior strategist at Evaluator Group, used it in reference to new flash storage technology anno Read more…

IoT Seen Driving AI Adoption

While hardware vendors view it as another vehicle for selling more chips and servers that would allow enterprises to move processing power closer to data, the torrent of sensor and other information the Internet of Thing Read more…

New IBM Data Analytics Software Targets Workload Management, Spark Adoption

IBM announced additions today to the infrastructure layer of its high performance data analytics software portfolio, including “cognitive features,” such as scheduling and resource management, and capabilities aimed Read more…

Healthcare Professionals Get Cognitive Sooner with Watson Health Financed by IBM

Sponsored Content by IBM

Perhaps more than any other, the healthcare industry is undergoing dramatic upheaval. Changes in reimbursement models, continued merger and acquisition activity, regulatory requirements, and the increased focus on qualit Read more…

MongoDB Plans ‘Giant’ Event in June

Senior executives from tech giants Google and IBM along with financial services infrastructure managers are scheduled to deliver keynotes addresses at database vendor MongoDB's annual conclave in June. MongoDB, Palo A Read more…

Using Flexible Financing for Large Big Data Projects

Sponsored Content by IBM

Large IT and Big Data projects can be extremely complex with a lot of moving parts that must be managed and integrated. These projects involve hardware and software components along with the associated implementation con Read more…

Why Spark Is Proving So Valuable for Data Science in the Enterprise

What do Bloomberg, CapitalOne, and Comcast have in common? If you said they're operationalizing data science using Apache Spark, then give yourself a gold star. These companies shared their stories of the upstart analyti Read more…

IBM Rolls Power-based ‘Data Engine’

A new IBM "data engine" for running key open source analytics frameworks is built on the company's recently added line of OpenPower Linux servers customized for big data workloads. Technical details of the IBM data en Read more…

Tumultuous Times for BI and Analytic Tool Vendors

My, what a week it was for business intelligence (BI) and analytic tools. First, industry darling Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA) lost half its market capitalization following earnings that disappointed Wall Street, which Read more…

Apache Spark Surrounded By Cloud Data Services at IBM

IBM has made no secret about its admiration for Apache Spark, which it sees as the future for in-memory analytics. Today the IT giant unveiled a host of new cloud-based data services that bolsters its hosted Apache Spark Read more…

Hadoop Market is Neck and Neck, Forrester Says

If you're shopping for a Hadoop distribution on which to hang your big data hat, you have your work cut out for you, according to Forrester Research, which found four strong performers in a market it says is neck and nec Read more…

New Databases Help Astronomers Probe the Universe

The observable universe became a bit more manageable this week when international astronomers moved to get their arms around their massive datasets through a partnership with the developers of the integrated Rule-Oriente Read more…

IBM Expands Spark Support With SystemML

IBM's machine learning technology has been accepted as an open source project, adding momentum to the steady enterprise shift to open-source development. The development effort also extends IBM's reach into the Apache Sp Read more…

Data Privacy Gets a Makeover With ‘Zero-Knowledge’ Scheme

A cloud tool for application developers is designed to provide strong data encryption by eliminating the requirement for app users to share personal data. The tool also aims to reduce the burden on companies who must pro Read more…

Watson App Gives Big Data for Christmas

Holiday shopping anxiety? There's an app for that. IBM launched its Watson-based "Trend" app this week designed to keep users posted on what's selling this Christmas and why. Watson Trend was released in time for the Read more…

Neo4j Touts 10x Performance Boost of Graphs on IBM Power FPGAs

Neo Technology today announced that it's working with IBM to support its graph database on IBM Power8-based servers equipped with field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This will enable customers to run graph databases Read more…

IBM Watson Targets ‘Self-Serve’ Analytics

In another attempt to extend its cognitive computing model beyond IT administrators to business users, IBM said it is expanding it Watson Analytics platform to include data discovery models along with natural language pr Read more…

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