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Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• Data integrity protection spurs greater security spending

  As hacking, ransomware and malware attacks mount, companies place big data protection and integrity among the primary reasons for increased spending on security software. Continue Reading

• GDPR requirements put focus on data ethics, governance

  The General Data Protection Regulation makes privacy paramount and reinforces the practice of good data governance. Will a new focus on data ethics be an important side effect? Continue Reading

• U.S. data protection laws fall short in the age of big data

  Data breaches and a history of data abuse led the EU to adopt GDPR, but it might take massive scale data security crises for the U.S. to legislate similar data protection laws. Continue Reading

• Kubernetes gains momentum in big data implementation process

  Big data vendors and users are looking to Kubernetes-managed containers to help accelerate system and application deployments and enable more flexible use of computing resources. Continue Reading

• Expert: For BI, you must know the data integration process

  Understanding the data integration process is central to self-service BI and data architecture design, consultant Rick Sherman says in an end-of-year look at data management trends. Continue Reading

• Amazon Neptune database validates graph technology, rivals say

  Amazon's Neptune database may change the status quo in the graph technology world. But it could also introduce a wider base of possible users to graph databases, existing vendors say.Continue Reading

• NewSQL databases rise anew -- MemSQL, Spanner among contenders

  The NewSQL database was almost hidden when Hadoop and NoSQL arose. Now, as more big data teams move toward production uses, MemSQL, Cloud Spanner and similar products may get a second look.Continue Reading

• Cloud database services get stronger push from Microsoft, Oracle

  Using cloud databases is now more a matter of when than if at many companies. There's also the question of how, as Microsoft, Oracle and AWS square off against one another.Continue Reading

• Machine learning algorithms meet data governance

  Machine learning algorithms may change computing, but they're a bit of a black box. Still, there are ways to tame them with flexible data governance, according to tech startup exec Andrew Burt.Continue Reading

• Spark and S3 storage carry forward NBC big data initiative

  Has the Hadoop elephant left the room? At NBC, ad analytics have evolved in Hadoop style, but with Spark and S3 at the core, as discussed at the Big Data Innovation Summit in Boston.Continue Reading

• Database security issues shadow distributed data architectures

  As companies distribute data across various platforms, they may need to pay more attention to securing it in databases and other repositories where security is far from baked in.Continue Reading

• HR metrics and analytics tools propel human resources into hyperdrive

  For those of us who can remember, something called a personnel department was the go-to place to apply for a job, fill out the necessary paperwork if hired, pick up your paycheck, change your benefits and update your W9 tax exemptions. About ...Continue Reading

• Former LinkedIn tech lead now charts Kafka streaming wave at Confluent

  It started as a messaging bus, handling LinkedIn's big data. Now, Kafka underpins wider efforts. In a Q&A, Confluent CTO Neha Narkhede marks Kafka's path to a data streaming platform.Continue Reading

• Quiz: What's your IQ on data lake implementation and management?

  A data lake can provide lots of analytics value to an organization. This quiz can tell you if you know what it takes to deploy and manage one; it also contains info to help boost your knowledge.Continue Reading

• Ingesting data into a data lake may give you data indigestion

  Big data vendors routinely push the notion of ingesting all of your data into a data lake. But in many cases, doing so is an unnecessary step that could cause data ingestion problems.Continue Reading