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All Eyes On AI in 2017

This might be the easiest 2017 prediction to make: Artificial intelligence will continue to generate big headlines and command a considerable share of the corporate pocketbook as companies look to bolster their products Read more…

Big Data Financial Update (Dec. 2016)

In our latest recurring feature, we’ll provide you with financial highlights from companies in the Big Data industry. Check back in regularly for an updated list with the most pertinent fiscal information. Read more…

Elastic Stack Searches for Bigger Data Problems

Elastic is best known as the commercial vendor behind Elasticsearch, the open source search engine that's widely used around the world. But with this month's release of Elastic Stack V5, the company is staking a claim wi Read more…

5 Ways to Optimize Your Cloud Storage ROI

Every day, machine data or data gathered from the Internet of Things (IoT) data is continuously produced by almost every process businesses run, including storage, applications, servers, networks, sensors and security sy Read more…

Criminals Are Using Big Data Tech, And So Should You

If your company's big data collection fell into the wrong hands, it could be devastating. That's not news. But what you might not be aware of is the fact that cybercriminals are increasingly using advanced analytic tools Read more…

Zillow Eschews Open Source for Proprietary Splunk

As homeowners and realtors track the dynamic U.S. housing market, platforms like the online real estate database Zillow are seeing surges in traffic as buyers and sellers keep tabs on which properties are moving and when Read more…

How Big Data Improves Logging and Compliance

Compliance has never been easy. Organizations have to meet a myriad of external regulations, frameworks, and internal mandates such as PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, NERC, ISO and the EU Data Directive, many of which have a long lis 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…

How Super Bowl 50 Will Feed Our Super Appetite…for Data

The Super Bowl is a lot of things to a lot of people. It's the championship game for the National Football League, a showcase for clever ads from Madison Avenue, and for the rest of us, an excuse to splurge on food and d Read more…