Big Data
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Cloudera is eight; Apache Hadoop is ten. Big data has gone from zero to how-did-that-happen huge. The bestiary is bigger than ever, too: new projects like Apache Kudu, Apache Impala (incubating), Apache Kafka and Apache Spark define the future of…
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Genomics are the Enabling Force Behind Precision Medicine
The current National Institute of Health Precision Medicine Initiative has the ability to transform the way we treat disease, while rapidly increasing the number of biomedical discoveries and treatment paths available. Precision medicine was made possible through cost effective genomic…
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Big Data Critical in IoT to the Progression from Connected to Autonomous Things
There is a progression in the maturity of solutions around the Internet of Things, from Connected, to Smart, and eventually to Autonomous. Connected Things As connectivity has expanded, things have become more connected –to the internet and to one…
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Optimizing Regulatory Compliance with Cloudera, Qlik and Trifacta
One thing is certain about Regulatory Compliance: it is constantly changing! Brexit in the UK, a new US President in the White House may further change regulatory compliance laws. There are many challenges that firms encounter when dealing with regulatory…
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Moving into the Mainstream – The Continued Evolution of Big Data & IoT
This year I attended Strata + Hadoop World in New York, and I would have to say that one of the benefits of the conference is that it’s a great forum for customers to see the applicability of big data…
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Apache Spark Market Survey (Part 2 of 2)
In my last post, I presented some high level Apache Spark market research findings. Clearly Spark is becoming an important, if not the important, component in many big data applications. In this post we’ll see some of key motivations for…
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Busting the Myths Around Big Data in Telecoms
We know that Big Data, analytics and, yes, even Apache Hadoop, have become meaningless buzzwords and jargon for many people. Where there’s jargon, there is misinformation and where there is misinformation there are myths. Our new eBook goes into the…
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