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• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Tools manage performance for big data cloud applications

  Tools such as Unravel and Pepperdata offer a way to measure performance of big data cloud applications, which may aid companies with on-premises configuration issues.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Facebook alumni forge own paths to big data analytics tools

  Startups Interana and Rockset differ in their approaches to providing new query capabilities on fast-arriving big data. Both are led by technologists who started at Facebook.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Building a business glossary enhances data governance

  Experts say data professionals should work to create a common vocabulary in organizations to help boost data governance and compliance with laws like GDPR.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Machine learning approaches gain critical mass for data pros

  Machine learning will bring change to analytics and data management, said data luminary Michael Stonebraker. Others agree managing such change will take special effort.

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Big data management practices gain attention amid risks

  Many data professionals have yet to solidify traditional data management practices, but they have a new set of challenges to overcome to ensure data privacy and avoid misuse.

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• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Aerospike database garners Spark, Kafka connectors

  Apache Kafka and Apache Spark connectors ease use of the Aerospike NoSQL data store in high-speed applications such as analytics that are becoming more broadly supported.

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Data catalog software takes on data lakes, privacy laws

  Data catalogs form a hub for managing enterprise data. New products focus on machine learning and AI add-ons that help automate aspects of data governance.

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Hazelcast grid tunes for data scalability tradeoffs

  An in-memory data grid (IMDG) from Hazelcast lets designers tune subsystems to support consistency over availability, or the reverse, depending on what designers want.

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

  The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote the SQL query software's virtues.

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

  StoryFit data scientists employ machine learning algorithms to gauge film script scenarios' prospects. They use Import.io tools to make data preparation easier.

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Open source cloud databases battle software 'strip mining'

  Cloud giants like AWS have adopted open source databases, causing Confluent, MongoDB and others to guard their assets the best way they know how: licensing.

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  New Teradata CEO pursues cloud-based architecture

  Cloud architecture, analytics and AI data processing are top innovation priorities for new Teradata CEO Oliver Ratzesberger. He talks about his goals in this Q&A.

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Data.gov shutdown shows limits of open data

  The Data.gov shutdown shows that, as open data can be turned off, data professionals may need to consider alternative sources for the kinds of data the government offers.

• January 15, 2019 15 Jan'19

  Cloudera and Hortonworks combo to push CDP, machine learning

  Two wunderkinds of Hadoop have formalized their merger. Cloudera and Hortonworks say they will place special focus on AI as they chart the stand-alone vendor's future.

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  IBM Weather Channel location data use spurs privacy concerns

  IBM CEO Ginni Rometty pushed real-time weather data mining for travel and other uses, even as the Los Angeles city attorney is suing IBM's Weather Company unit over its sharing of location data with business partners.