Cloudera, Inc, (NYSE:CLDR) the provider of a leading modern platform for machine learning and advanced analytics, announced the release of Cloudera Altus, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering that makes it easier to run large-scale data processing applications on public cloud.
Hadoop, Spark or Both?
May 26, 2017 by 1 Comment
In this contributed article, tech writer Blake Davies asks the question: Spark or Hadoop? This question has recently sparked various discussions throughout the online communities. Even though these two work on different principles, they can be applied in a same way for various uses. While Hadoop is a household name in the world of big data processing, Spark is still building a name for itself and it’s doing so with “style”.
5 Common Myths Around Virtualizing Big Data (Number 3 is SANdalous!)
May 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, Justin Murray, Technical Marketing Manager at VMware, discusses 5 common myths around virtualizing big data. Big data burst on to the scene a little over a decade ago. Today it is not an obscure term confined to just a handful of bleeding edge companies. It is a mainstream trend that every enterprise undergoing a digital transformation journey has adopted. The technology landscape around big data has broadened dramatically.
Information Builders Offers iWay Big Data Integrator on Microsoft Azure Marketplace Cloud
April 30, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Information Builders, a leader in business intelligence (BI) and analytics, data integrity, and integration solutions, announced that it is offering its iWay Big Data Integrator (iBDI) product via the cloud on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
Data-Driven Healthcare: A Proactive Revolution
April 12, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In this special guest feature, Richard Proctor, GM of Global Healthcare at Hortonworks, discusses how big data is enabling key healthcare organizations including UNOS, MD Anderson and Arizona State University to manage chronic diseases, improve overall member health, reduce costs, and manage clinical and financial risk.
Arcadia Data Accelerates Era of Data-Native Applications with Visual Analytics
April 7, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Arcadia Data, provider of visual analytics software that solves the most complex big data problems, announced the launch of Arcadia Enterprise 4.0. The platform enhancements enable enterprises to build, brand, share and embed data-centric applications, ultimately making Apache Hadoop and cloud-based data lakes more accessible and valuable to all users within and outside an organization.
Pepperdata Integrates Performance into DevOps for Big Data
April 4, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Pepperdata, the Big Data performance company, announced it is expanding its product portfolio with Pepperdata Application Profiler, providing Hadoop and Spark developers with easy to understand recommendations for improving job performance. Application Profiler is currently available in early access and will be generally available in the second quarter of 2017.
BlueData Announces Bare-Metal Performance for Hadoop on Docker Containers
April 2, 2017 by Leave a Comment
BlueData®, provider of the leading Big-Data-as-a-Service (BDaaS) software platform, announced breakthrough performance results. The results from a new Intel® benchmarking study show comparable performance for Hadoop when running in a bare-metal environment or in a containerized environment using the BlueData EPIC™ software platform.
Cloudera to Accelerate Data Science and Machine Learning for the Enterprise with New Data Science Workbench
March 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Cloudera, the provider of a leading platform for machine learning and advanced analytics built on the latest open source technologies, today unveiled Cloudera Data Science Workbench, a new self-service tool for data science on Cloudera Enterprise which is currently in beta.
Research Firm Advises Analytics Stakeholders and Security Professionals to Build Plans for Securing Hadoop-based Assets
January 9, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Dataguise, a technology leader in secure business execution, announced inclusion in a report by Gartner titled, “Rethink and Extend Data Security Policies to Include Hadoop.” The report provides best practices for addressing data security concerns related to Apache Hadoop deployments and highlights several leading vendors in the category to support these endeavors.
