Using Open Source Data to Identify Security Threats

Open source data, such as social media streams and online forums provide a great tool for security analysts to identify threats and take precautions to thwart them, however with the amount of data that is available, they must turn to the algorithms to do the heavy lifting. Read more…

Opera Casts Big Data Star in New Role

This week predictive analytics startup Opera Solutions casted Armando Escalante, who spearheaded efforts at HPCC Systems, as its new overseer of business operations. Escalante has been a vocal proponent of big data technologies that harness Hadoop-like architectures to.... Read more…

How 8 Small Companies are Retooling Big Data

This week we wanted to step back and share our thoughts on a handful of the companies we have been following with some intensity over the last six months. From small innovators in analytical platforms finding big name customers to those with significant funding behind their efforts, we count the.... Read more…