It was Saturday, June 14 and I was up at the crack of dawn (which is quite an achievement for a late night data hacker like me) to get over to the Big Data Camp 2014 happening at the DirectTV campus in beautiful El Segundo, Calif. (actually a spartan industrial area just south of LAX). I was anticipating a great day of big data technology focusing on three advertised session tracks: Data Science, Hadoop, and NoSQL.
Platfora Reports Greater Than 200 Percent Sales Growth
June 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Platfora, the Big Data Analytics platform that runs natively on Hadoop, today announced tremendous sales growth in excess of 200 percent in annual recurring revenue over the past 12 months.
Alteryx Announces New Read and Write Capabilities for Hadoop Data
June 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Alteryx, a leader in data blending and advanced analytics, today announced during its Inspire 2014 keynote that analysts will soon be able to read data directly from the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), blend it with other sources, perform advanced analytics, and then write enriched data back to HDFS with Alteryx Analytics.
Data Science 101: Cool Hadoop Open Source Projects and How They Work
June 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
For up-and-coming data scientists who need to get up to speed on Hadoop architectures, here is another in a long line of compelling Big Data & Brews episodes. In the video below we hear from three Hadoop luminaries about the Hadoop projects they’ve worked on – Erich Nachbar on Spark, Michael Stack on Hbase and Ari Zilka (from Hortonworks) on Stinger. Great insider’s perspective!
Dataguise Security Sandbox Joined with Hortonworks HDP 2.1 Sandbox
June 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Dataguise®, the leading provider of Big Data security and protective intelligence solutions, today announced at Hadoop Summit the immediate availability of the Dataguise DgSecurity™ data protection platform with the Hortonworks HDP 2.1 Sandbox.
Hortonworks Announces ‘YARN Ready’ Program to Accelerate Hadoop Adoption
June 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Hortonworks, a leading contributor to and provider of enterprise Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced the launch of the YARN Ready Program as the latest addition to the Hortonworks Partner Certification Program. The program provides partners with the assurance that their YARN Ready tools and applications are fully compatible with the Hortonworks Data Platform.
Free Conference – Big Data Camp 2014
June 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
Feeling left out because your boss wouldn’t let you attend the Hadoop Summit 2014 happening this week? Not to worry! Here’s a free alternative, especially attractive if you happen to live/work in Los Angeles. The Big Data Camp LA 2014 is a free, all-day conference on Saturday, June 14 hosted at the DirectTV campus near LAX.
Skytree Supports Big Data Analytics in Hadoop with Hortonworks Data Platform
June 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Skytree®, the Machine Learning Company®, today announced that its predictive analytics software is now available on Apache Hadoop YARN to deliver agile analytics on Hadoop clusters. Skytree’s flagship product — Skytree Server® — is built to provide high-performance Machine Learning and takes advantage of the multi-workload capabilities enabled by YARN’s increased reliability, scalability and manageability.
Actian Delivers High Performing, Industrial Grade SQL in Hadoop Platform
June 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Actian Corporation today announced that the Actian Analytics PlatformTM, an end-to-end analytics platform built to run 100 percent natively in Hadoop, will deliver the highest performing, industrial grade, fully compliant SQL in Hadoop offering.
Interview: Pepperdata Spices Things up in the World of Hadoop
June 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
“We give Hadoop the predictability it needs, let organizations see what it’s doing (with detailed usage metrics for every user, job, and task, in real time), and help organizations get the most out of their hardware investment. We are not for the organizations that have just entered into their first Hadoop project (because they don’t rely on it… yet). We are here for those who already rely on the business-critical data and functionality Hadoop can deliver.”
