The Official Bigstep Blog

You don't need to have massive data sets in order to start harnessing the power of Big Data, says Mark van Rijmenam, hoping to clear up one of the most… Continue Reading

Green data centers are more than just a buzzword. Since data centers now consume twice the amount of power it takes to power all the households in New… Continue Reading

Speaking with Antony Falco, founder and former COO of Basho, turned out to be a good lesson on databases in the cloud.If you're a programmer or developer… Continue Reading

Hadoop's growth and media attention over the past few years pales in comparison only to the biggest tech news, like the advancement of cloud computing… Continue Reading

Let's be honest: Docker loves bare metal. Running Docker inside a VM (which is the only option with almost all public clouds) is simply a waste of time and… Continue Reading

Hadoop consolidates large volumes of information, stores it efficiently, processes it powerfully, and does all this inexpensively. This makes Hadoop an… Continue Reading

We all know Cassandra is supposed to scale but what is its exact scaling pattern? How much faster does it get if you add an extra node? Is it truly linear?… Continue Reading

By now, savvy business owners should be aware that big data might be their new best friend. But, says Linda Bustos, director of eCommerce research at… Continue Reading

What's new in technology for 2015? One of the big predictions for big data is more predictive analysis apps. As the bare metal cloud makes cloud computing… Continue Reading

Latency. More than any other factor, latency has hindered the full corporate acceptance of cloud computing. Many work environments simply can't tolerate… Continue Reading

When you're looking to reduce overhead expenses -- but you want to retain the flexibility, scalability, and efficiency of a virtualized cloud -- bare… Continue Reading

Though Hadoop cloud computing is achieving mass acceptance among corporations working with big data, it hasn't come without criticism, reliability among… Continue Reading