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Big Data Security: Progress Is Made, But Is It Enough?

It's taken a few years and more than a few major data breaches, but it would appear the tide is finally beginning to turn when it comes to awareness of the importance of protecting data stored in analytical and transacti Read more…

Big Data Fabrics Emerge to Ease Hadoop Pain

If Hadoop is leaving your data lake project all wet, you may be a good candidate for an emerging architectural concept called the big data fabric. As industry experts explain, big data fabrics bring a certain level of co Read more…

5 Hadoop Trends to Watch in 2017

Hadoop is synonymous with big data, providing both storage and processing resources for large and disparate data sources—not to mention a platform for third-party software vendors to build upon. Where will the distribu Read more…

Data Catalogs Emerge as Strategic Requirement for Data Lakes

If the exhibitors at last week's Strata + Hadoop World expo are any indication of what's happening down on the street, data cataloging is evolving from a nice-to-have into a necessity for organizations looking to capital Read more…

Slow But Steady Progress Spotted in Operationalization of Big Data

It might be a tough word to get out of your mouth, but "operationalization" remains a central element of the big data opportunity. And according to a new Capgemini and Informatica study titled "The Big Data Payoff: Turni Read more…

Why Self-Service Prep Is a Killer App for Big Data

If you're embarking upon a big data analytics project, you're likely considering some sort of self-service data preparation tool to help you cleanse, transform, and standardize your data. And if you aren't, you probably Read more…

Reporter’s Notebook: 6 Key Takeaways from Strata + Hadoop World

The big data ecosystem was on full display at last week's Strata + Hadoop World conference in San Jose. At the ripe old age of 10, Hadoop is still the driving force, but newer frameworks like Spark and Kafka are gaining Read more…

The Last Hadoop Data Management Tool You’ll Ever Buy?

The rise of big data has shaken up the data warehousing market, and one of the established vendors still looking to regain its footing is Informatica, which last year was taken private in a $5.3-billion leveraged buy-out Read more…

Keeping on Top of Data Drift

Data is often thought to be constant and immutable. A given piece of data is defined by 1s and 0s, and it never changes. But there's an emerging school of thought in the big data world that sees data as constantly drifti Read more…

Why Big Data Prep Is Booming

The big data analytics space is growing as organizations attempt to turn massive sets of data into a competitive advantage. But this trend is also driving a secondary boom in the market for data preparation tools that cl Read more…