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2018: A Big Data Year in Review

As 2018 comes to a close, it's worth taking some time to look back on the major events that occurred this year in the big data, data science, and AI space. There's a lot that occurred – and a lot that we chronicled in Read more…

Qlik Acquires Data Manager

Big data vendors seeking to diversify keep getting bigger, the latest example being data analytics vendor Qlik’s acquisition of enterprise data management startup Podium Data. Qlik, Radnor, PA, said this week the ac Read more…

Why Integration and Governance Are Critical for Data Lake Success

This is the final article in a three-part series exploring what it takes to build a data lake capable of meeting all the requirements of a truly enterprise-scale data management platform. While earlier installments focus 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…

Delivering on the Data Lake Promise

The fundamental promise of a data lake is that it will give business users better access to the data they need - securely, accurately and without the long lead times traditionally associated with transforming that data i Read more…

Building the Enterprise-Ready Data Lake: What It Takes To Do It Right

The last year has seen a significant growth in the number of companies launching data lake initiatives as their first mainstream production Hadoop-based project. This isn’t surprising given the compelling technical an Read more…