We are living in exponential times. Especially if we are talking about data. The world is moving fast, and more data is generated every day. With all that data coming your way, you need the right tools to deal with the growing amounts of data. If you want to get any insights from all that data, you need tools that can process massive amounts of data quickly and efficiently. … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Apache Spark is the Swiss Army Knife of Big Data Analytics
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Spark Reaches for the Holy Grail: Federated Queries
Hallowed Ground: Data Federation Data federation technology is software that provides end-users with the ability to aggregate data from disparate sources and formats with virtual database objects. The benefits of this technology include increased availability and reliability as well as improved access times for BI and data analysis. The major data warehouse players - IBM, … [Read more...] about Spark Reaches for the Holy Grail: Federated Queries
Top Big Data Tech News You Need to Know: Halloween Edition
Happy Halloween, good people! If youve been super stoked all week long for all the scary and unnatural experiences this weekend promises, then it's likely youve missed out on some of the biggest Big Data tech news to hit the web. No worries, though, weve gathered them up for you. Here, the top three Big Data tech news stories you need to know. Twitter + IBM Partner Up IBM and … [Read more...] about Top Big Data Tech News You Need to Know: Halloween Edition
What Could Watson Do For Your Organisation?
Watson, the artificially intelligent supercomputer developed by IBM, is helping companies uncover their Big Data secrets. With the launch of Watson Analytics tool, businesses from around the world can now leverage the technology that enabled IBM to win Jeopardy. Recently they launched a set of cloud based analytics tools that use Watsons artificial intelligence … [Read more...] about What Could Watson Do For Your Organisation?
IBM Sensemaking And Privacy In The Big Data Realm
IBM Chief Scientist, Jeff Jonas has been working for the past several years on a project code name G2 but later title Sensemaking. It is a big data analytics project which seeks to take all of the disparate data that enterprises get from various sources and make sense of it so that relevant action can be taken. Jeff's analysis show that companies often have information … [Read more...] about IBM Sensemaking And Privacy In The Big Data Realm
