What is Big Data Posts

Back in the mid-1990s, IBM built a machine called Deep Blue. Deep Blue awed the world in 1996 by beating the then world chess champ at his own game under… Continue Reading

Hadoop isn't perfect. In fact, it has some significant flaws, not the least of which is its security (though there have been steps recently to partially… Continue Reading

Sometimes, when a new technology is introduced, it takes off in unexpected ways. It's easy to get off track and lose focus of what the real intent and… Continue Reading

Last year around the world, 50 million adults died. One-half of those deaths, or approximately 25 million, were the result of just ten diseases. What… Continue Reading

There's a lot of "Hadoop versus Spark" type articles and blog posts circulating in the tech journals, but inevitably it doesn't have to be a competition.… Continue Reading

Virtual data rooms (usually abbreviated to just VDR) are Web-based repositories of information used to store and distribute documents. VDRs are immensely… Continue Reading

The industry of big data is expected to reach a market worth of $187 billion by the year 2019. Wouldn't you like a chunk of that change? Whether you're… Continue Reading

Apache Spark is among the most promising solutions for in-memory data processing that is capable of advanced batch and real-time analytics within the… Continue Reading

Gone are the days when businesses sit on the sidelines, mulling about whether they'll actually get an ROI for investments in big data. Hadoop, Spark,… Continue Reading

After some interesting industry banter about whether Hadoop or Spark would inevitably rule the universe of big data analytics, it's decided. There's room… Continue Reading

Big data has been the biggest IT buzzword of the decade. For several years, it's dominated business news journals, tech zines, marketing mags, and industry… Continue Reading

In a world with 7 billion souls, two-thirds of them go hungry on a regular basis. This is in spite of the fact that about 30 percent of the food the world… Continue Reading