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Data Ops Upgrade Targets App Performance
The field of data operations is undergoing a shift toward automated tools designed to boost application performance and, with it, productivity, as data sets grow. With that in mind, "data ops" startup Unravel Data this week unveiled the latest version of its application performance management platform that automates data operations tasks ranging from problem discovery to root-cause analysis and resolution. 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…
Big Data Speaks: 10 Industry Predictions for 2017
What will happen in big data and advanced analytics next year? Nobody really knows. While crystal balls are generally unreliable indicators of future events, it's never stopped us from trying to see into the future anywa Read more…
2016: A Big Data Year in Review
With another year almost in the books, and with 2017 looming just over the horizon, now is a good time to take stock of what happened in the big data analytics space over the previous twelve months, to assess where we've Read more…
Surveys Find Cloud Surge, Mixed Data
A steady shift to the cloud and continuing momentum for business intelligence workloads highlight an annual industry survey aimed at gauging the maturity of big data technology. Separately, another big data assessment Read more…
Big Performance Gains Seen Across SQL-on-Hadoop Engines
You can't really go wrong these days when it comes to picking a SQL-on-Hadoop engine. As long as you stick to the mainstream open source products like Hive, Impala, Spark SQL, and Presto, your SQL queries are likely runn Read more…
What’s Driving Data Science Salaries Now
Interested in getting a higher salary in your job as a data scientist? (Who isn't?) According to a recent survey, there's a strong correlation between higher salaries and working with Spark, Python, and Unix, and spendin Read more…
Converged Platform or Federated Data Plane? The Debate Heats Up
"Bring the compute to the data." That was Hadoop's calling card and solution for the problem of moving big data. However, the rise of cloud repositories and streaming technologies is causing Hadoop distributors to questi Read more…
MapR Embraces Microservices in Big Data Platform
The rise of microservices in recent years is one of the general IT trends that's paralleled the emergence of big data technology. This week at the Strata Hadoop World conference, MapR will be talking about how it plans t Read more…
Flink Distro Now Available from data Artisans
The company behind Apache Flink, data Artisans, today launched the first commercial distribution of the upstart stream processing engine. The new software product, called the dA Platform, is identical to the open source Read more…