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Workday Nabs Platfora as Big Data Consolidates

Human capital management (HCM) software maker Workday last week bought Platfora, one of the oldest providers of Hadoop-based analytic solutions. The deal showcases both the need for analytic prowess in the enterprise sof Read more…

The Rise and Fall of Qlik

Business intelligence software maker Qlik Technologies (NASDAQ: QLIK) today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $30.50 per share, or about $3 billion. As one of the larg Read more…

Super Scalable SIEMs Set to Tackle Big Security Challenges

The huge volume of network data that organizations need to chew through is putting pressure on security incident and event management (SIEM) software products that use a traditional rules-based approach. That's opening t 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…

For Data Scientists, What’s in a Name Really Matters

Shakespeare once pondered the nature of names, pointing out that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." For data scientists, the meaning behind the title is not just an epistemological exercise, but a practical Read more…

Platfora Seeds Big Data Future in Openness

Platfora launched its end-to-end analytics application for Hadoop when the only other option was to build your own. To that end, Big Data Discovery has everything you need. But with today's update to the tool--issued on Read more…

Platfora Riding High on Wave of Big Data Growth

The big data analytics business at Platfora is booming these days, accounting for 100 percent revenue growth this year. With a $30 million round in funding announced yesterday and software industry veteran Jason Zintak n Read more…

Inside Platfora’s Transition to Apache Spark

Platfora has embraced Apache Spark as the underlying data processing engine in version 5 of Big Data Discovery, which it announced today. But the company hasn't completely gotten rid of MapReduce in its Hadoop applicatio Read more…

Why Cybersecurity Needs Big Data Tech, Especially Hadoop

When cyber criminals really started ramping up their activities several years ago, security experts realized they needed bigger and better tools if they had any hope of slowing them down. In the wake of 2014, or "The Yea Read more…

How to Get a ‘Network Effect’ from Your Big Data Lake

One of the hidden benefits of being a data-driven organization is a so-called "network effect" that occurs around data and analytics. When an organization has several successful big data analytics projects under its belt Read more…

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Platfora Introduces Analytics Offering for IoT

Nov 6, 2014 |

DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov. 6 — Platfora, the #1 native big data analytics platform for Hadoop, today introduced an analytics solution for the Internet of Things (IoT) that enables business users to work with machine and sensor data at scale without significant support from the IT department. Read more…

Platfora Releases New Version of Big Data Analytics Platform

Oct 29, 2014 |

Oct. 29 — Platfora, which provides a big data analytics platform built natively on Hadoop and Spark, has introduced Platfora 4.0 with advanced visualizations, geo-analytics capabilities, and collaboration features to enable users with a range of skill levels to work iteratively with data at scale. Read more…

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