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Hadoopoconomics and Other Forecasted Trends for 2015

Forrester analyst Mike Gualtier has made numerous predictions for Hadoop in the year 2015, primarily that the smart economic sense of Hadoop will inevitably… Continue Reading

Beyond Docker: are containers here to stay? (Part III)

The Docker seriesWhat is Docker and why use it? (Part I)Why developers love Docker (Part II)This article ends the Docker series.EcosystemDocker in itself,… Continue Reading

Expert Interview with Douglas Karr on Marketing and Big Data

It's time to stop treating data as a lake, where you understand the width, depth, volume and number of fish, says Douglas Karr, author of Corporate Blogging… Continue Reading

Expert Interview with Christian Prokopp

Christian Prokopp, Principal Consultant at Big Data Partnership, kindly accepted the invitation to take part in our Expert Interviews series.  Christian has… Continue Reading

5 Benefits of Cloud Performance Testing

For companies that sink or swim based on service outages and customer satisfaction ratings, the benefits of performance testing are clear and well-documented.… Continue Reading

Learning to Live with (and Overcome) Hadoop's Flaws

When it comes to managing big data, no system can match Hadoop in terms of working with huge data sets comprised of structured data, unstructured data,… Continue Reading

Why developers love Docker (Part II)

The Docker seriesWhat is Docker and why use it? (Part I)Beyond Docker - are containers here to stay? (Part III)Docker 101Docker relies for its execution… Continue Reading

Interview with Paul Wilkinson on Construction's Adoption of SaaS

When it comes to SaaS, there are the early adopters and those who need some more convincing. There are plenty in the construction industry who still view… Continue Reading

Big Data Expert Interview: Andre Vermeulen

We’re excited to launch a new series of posts on our blog with industry experts in Big Data. We will be interviewing an amazing lineup of industry… Continue Reading

Why Big Data's Future is in the Cloud

It was only a matter of time before big data and the cloud converged. Traditional on-premises approaches to big data analytics are too expensive for many… Continue Reading

What is Docker and why use it?(Part I)

The Docker seriesWhy developers love Docker (Part II)Beyond Docker - are containers here to stay? (Part III)Docker is the "poster child" of the containerization… Continue Reading

So What Do You Do Now with All Your Big Data?

Big data has given companies new ways of selling products to people. It has also given scientists new ways to understand complex phenomena and given journalists… Continue Reading