Tallying Hadoop’s Hard Numbers

Hadoop is emerging as not only one of the premier big data infrastructures but also a relatively cheap one for some users. While it’s no simple task to get a handle on how many users are floating the elephant with so many distributions and a fractured ecosystem... Read more…

Retailers Find Further Reason for Real-Time

Retailers use streams of data from registers, social media, call centers, return and invoicing centers and various other places to piece together competitive elements of their business. But big data in retail doesn’t end there. Loss prevention and real-time fraud... Read more…

HP Breathes New Life into Real-Time Platform

HP made waves last year with its sky high bid and win on real-time analytics platform vendor, Vertica. In an effort to bring the platform up to date, the development team announced a series of enhancements to bring a new level of aesthetic.... Read more…

Big Data Plumbing Startup Scores Backing

GridGain, a high performance cloud middleware startup, secured a $2.5 million investment this week. The company's score is based on their ability to optimize environments designed to chew through large amounts of time-sensitive data. Read more…

Mega-Retail’s Big Data Hunch

Real-time recommendation engines are central to many online businesses. While generally ahead of this particular curve, eBay announced another new key in their strategy to deliver instant recommendations--lighting the path again for big retail. Read more…

TIBCO CEO Outlines Enterprise 3.0 Approach

TIBCO CEO, Vivek Ranadive appeared on Mad Money to discuss the value of real-time business insights, and to use that opportunity to poke holes in competitor approaches. Ranadive provides brief use cases of how real-time decisions separate the standard enterprise from Enterprise 3.0 Read more…