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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…

Medicine’s Data Transformation, From Genomics to Reforms

The interaction of big data and healthcare is transforming medicine, but clinicians and regulators continue to struggle to achieve the ultimate goal of making data serve patients through "evidence-based care." Those w Read more…

Jethro Indexer Adds ‘Auto-Cubes’

The new version of a SQL query engine for Hadoop scheduled for release later this month adds "auto-cubes," a type of multi-dimensional dataset that, in this implementation, consists of aggregated "micro-cubes" that are g Read more…

Bullish Forecast for Hadoop Services

Despite major market inroads being made by Apache Spark, a new forecast estimates the global market for the Hadoop big data framework will continue to grow at a healthy clip through 2021, fueled in part by growing enterp Read more…

Search Engines Get a Machine Learning Boost

Online retailer eBay is attempting to extend its machine language capabilities beyond automatic language translation to e-commerce uses designed to make product searches more relevant. As automation improves, the company Read more…

Big Data-Powered Authentication Gives Security a Much-Needed Boost

Trillions of dollars are at stake in the ongoing battle against cybercriminals and fraudsters. Whether it's Russian cybercriminals hacking into retail chains or a kid in New Jersey filing fraudulent claims, stolen creden Read more…