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SnapLogic Adds GitHub, Container Support

More vendors are offering new integration tools for meeting growing enterprise demand for faster delivery of application software. Among the approaches is automating key elements of the continuous integration and continu Read more…

Want Kafka on Kubernetes? Confluent Has It Made

If the idea of streaming massive amounts of data on a virtual server platform that spans public cloud and on-premise clusters piques your interest, you're not alone. Many organizations have attempted to wire Apache Kafka Read more…

SQL Database Adds GDPR Compliance Tools

The big data startup Cockroach Labs is itself targeting startups and multinational companies hustling to comply with pending European data governance rules with a new version of its open-source SQL database. The 2.0 v Read more…

Containerized Spark Deployment Pays Dividends

Hadoop has emerged as a general purpose big data operating system that can perform a range of tasks and run all kinds of processing engines. But all that power and flexibility comes with a cost, which is something that o Read more…

Acquisition Validates Concord’s Event-Based Approach

We suggested during the summer that companies looking for a stream-processing engine for fast data applications featuring high-throughput and low-latency may want to check out startup Concord Systems Inc. Someone did: Read more…

What Does the VC Investment Slowdown Mean for Big Data?

The overall pace of investments by venture capitalists slowed over the first six months of the year, according to new report issued last week. While the software industry as a whole did well, the number of investments in Read more…

Alliance Coalesces Around Mesosphere Platform

The datacenter operating system movement continues to gather momentum with the announcement by Apache Mesos developer Mesosphere of a broad alliance backing the beta release of an all-encompassing platform for building a Read more…