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Big data management

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  IBM goes all-in on Spark analytics with new service, apps

  At its Insight 2015 conference, IBM featured Apache Spark, releasing a cloud-based Spark service to support analytics applications and detailing Spark use in some of its own tools.

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Dell links with Syncsort to tune Cloudera Hadoop for offloaded ETL

  Dell and others have a new ETL reference architecture. Its purpose is to ease migrations to Cloudera Hadoop. Also: Dell buys EMC; Syncsort is acquired.

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Big data applications to drive Walmart reboot

  We may have outlived the era of killer apps in some part defined by Walmart, but Hadoop big data applications may help the giant's quest for more growth.

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  MapR does JSON format; Teradata goes on AWS

  MapR takes JSON format data into Hadoop, while Teradata places its flagship database on AWS.

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Core Hadoop components get more company as vendors diversify

  Tracking 'What is Hadoop?' is getting more complex as the potential components of Hadoop systems increase -- and core elements such as HDFS are augmented by possible alternatives.

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  MongoDB 3.0 rides WiredTiger engine to boost database speeds

  The latest version of MongoDB finds the NoSQL database running on a new WiredTiger storage engine. Better performance and data compression are among MongoDB 3.0's touted benefits.

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  DataStax Cassandra moves ahead with Azure deal and graph store

  The DataStax Cassandra engine, officially called DataStax Enterprise, is now Spark-certified. The move is one of several for the NoSQL database on a possible upswing, further evidenced by a new deal with Microsoft.

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Low adoption nags Hadoop technology; data storytelling rises

  The latest episode of BizApps Today examines barriers to Hadoop technology adoption, SQL-on-Hadoop options and the new concept of data storytelling.

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  Evaluating SQL-on-Hadoop tools? Start with the use case

  In a Q&A, Clarity Solution Group CTO Tripp Smith says to base SQL-on-Hadoop software decisions on actual workloads. Some Hadoop tools target batch jobs, while others are intended for interactive ones.

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Don't throw out design principles when jumping in Hadoop data lake

  In a Q&A, data warehousing expert Joe Caserta explains why a new generation of developers building Hadoop clusters and other big data systems may need an introduction to some fundamental rules of ETL.

• August 07, 2015 07 Aug'15

  Take measured steps to build a Hadoop cluster architecture

  RelayHealth's Raheem Daya described the path he took to deploy and expand a Hadoop cluster for distributed data processing during a presentation at the 2015 TDWI conference in Boston.

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Stonebraker points to data curation as next integration step

  Database pioneer Michael Stonebraker told an MIT conference that data curation tools offer a step forward on data integration. Others said things are already progressing through other means.

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Metanautix Quest follows Dremel path to virtual data marts

  Metanautix Quest 2.0 is an upgraded query engine and data integration platform. Its designers helped create Google Dremel, a precursor for new big data query tools.

• June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15

  New tools tap SQL skills in bid to boost Hadoop platform adoption

  In many organizations, Hadoop is still pushing to go beyond proof-of-concept projects. Some vendors hope new tools that enable familiar SQL querying will lead it to broader adoption.

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  CTO looks to open source big data tools to help take company higher

  Big data technologies have become vital to online ad platform developer Altitude Digital. And as the tools have evolved, CTO Manny Puentes has learned some lessons about using them.