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Big data platform broadens place in analytics architecture

Big data platforms stumbled a bit getting out of the prototyping stage. But a view from the Strata Data Conference in New York sees broader use in the offing.
Hadoop data governance services surface in wake of GDPR

GDPR influence is touching a Hadoop big data world that was immune to many privacy considerations until now. This podcast features the rise of Hadoop data governance for data lakes.

Starburst finds new worlds to conquer with SQL query engine

Relational databases may have hit a wall of late, but the SQL query engine seems poised for wider growth. Starburst, a retro startup of sorts, is among those looking to take it wider still.
Kubernetes container orchestration gets big data star turn

The new thing in big data is Kubernetes container orchestration. While it's still early, there are signs of activity, which are cited in this edition of the Talking Data podcast.
IT, others focus efforts as GDPR implementation date looms

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation is meant to bring better data privacy to bear in the age of big data. How GDPR implementation will proceed remains to be seen.
Google TPUs open up on cloud; LinkedIn intros Hadoop Dynamometer

In big data news, we find Google TPUs, or Tensor Processing Units, offered as a cloud service, while LinkedIn is open sourcing a Hadoop test simulator called Dynamometer.
How AI and IoT will influence data management in 2018

AI and IoT will alter the data management landscape in 2018, according to analyst James Kobielus. AI will need regular updates, and DevOps will become more prevalent as a result.
Analytics uses drive need for speed in working with big data

Today, analytics work is about speed. That means rapidly building clusters and transforming and querying data. Learn how users are streamlining digital business.
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.
Big data vendors, users see Hadoop stack from different sides

In this Talking Data podcast, TechTarget editors discuss Hadoop's future, IBM's decision to resell the Hortonworks distribution of the open source technology and other big data issues.
Deft preprocessing marks deep learning techniques for data preparation

Deep learning techniques for data preparation include exploration of data sets and algorithms. This calls for more than a bit of art on the part of data engineers and scientists.
IT operations analytics brings big data power to the data center

We don't need more databases, we need more meaning, according to OpsDataStore CEO Bernd Harzog, appearing on a podcast covering IT operations analytics trends.
Potent NoSQL architecture engaged for building new applications

Behind hyperbolic terms like 'digital transformation' are innovative systems of engagement. DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth joins this discussion of the often underlying NoSQL architecture.
Users jump some hurdles to do streaming, machine learning with Spark

In this Talking Data podcast, Spark users are finding that latency and development challenges can make it difficult to start doing machine learning with Spark systems.

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