eBay has a new open-source, real-time analytics and stream-processing framework called Pulsar that the company claims is in production and is available…
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Pinterest is experimenting with MemSQL for real-time data analytics
Pinterest shed more light on how the social scrapbook and visual discovery service analyzes data in real time, it said in a…
Read MoreThis startup’s software can manage your storage, all inside the server
Although we’re still a ways away from seeing the data deluge that’s sure to come as the internet of things becomes more…
Read MoreMesosphere’s new data center mother brain will blow your mind
Mesosphere has been making a name for itself in the the world of data centers and cloud computing since 2013 with its…
Read MoreLinkedIn explains its complex Gobblin big data framework
LinkedIn shed more light Tuesday on a big-data framework dubbed Gobblin that helps the social network take in tons of data from a variety of sources so that it can be analyzed in its Hadoop-based data warehouses.…
Read MoreMicrosoft plays nice with Docker while Azure takes a hit
While many tech enthusiasts may still be reeling from last week’s wave of Amazon-related cloud announcements, this week showed that Amazon isn’t the only company making big cloud news.…
Read MoreLinkedIn open sources Cubert, a big data computation engine that saves CPU resources
With Cubert hooked into LinkedIn’s infrastructure, the company no longer has to worry about Hadoop scripts that waste too many resources in a cluster or take hours to do what they're supposed to do.…
Read MoreWith $26M, Snowflake Computing is hoping its take on data warehousing will hit the mainstream
Instead of basing its technology on existing open source databases, Snowflake decided to create its own homegrown SQL relational database that can analyze both transactional data and machine data…
Read MoreLinkedIn details Pinot, its new analytics system that powers its data applications
LinkedIn’s various data-tracking features, like generating who has recently viewed a user’s profile and keeping tabs on which people are following particular companies, are all fueled by the new data system.…
Read MoreHadoop gets more versatile, but data is still king
Hadoop 2.0's YARN component doesn't just make for a better Big Data platform. It makes for a great Big Compute platform.…
Read MoreIs HBase’s slow and steady approach winning the NoSQL race?
The NoSQL dichotomy of MongoDB and Cassandra obscures the growing influence of Apache HBase…
Read MoreHadoop maturity summits
Last week's Hadoop Summit brought announcements that further galvanize Hadoop's versatility and mainstream status.…
Read MoreThe three most common ways data junkies are using Hadoop
Hadoop will have a profound impact on the enterprise data landscape. Understanding the common patterns of use, can greatly reduce the complexity.…
Read MoreNow that Hadoop is growing up, security is growing more important
Engineers at Hadoop distribution vendors are hard at work on as they look to add enterprises to their customer lists.…
Read MoreExclusive: Yahoo launching Hadoop spinoff this week
Yahoo will be spinning off a separate company focused on the development and commercialization of Apache Hadoop, called HortonWorks. The official announcement likely will come tomorrow or Wednesday to coincide with Yahoo's annual Hadoop Summit, but rumors have been circulating for months.…
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