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Featured Reports
Will Microsoft's Hadoop Bring Big Data To Masses?
October 30, 2012
HDInsight Server "dramatically" lowers the cost and complexity of deploying Hadoop, Microsoft exec says.
Election 2012: Who's Winning Big Data Race?
October 30, 2012
Obama campaign focuses on email, social strategies, while Romney uses behavioral marketing techniques, targets disenfranchised voters.
Big Data Storage Cost Cutter: Cassette Tapes
October 24, 2012
IBM adapting '70s-era technology for world's largest radio telescope, corporate big data operations.
Big Data Drives Big IT Spending
October 18, 2012
IT spending will hit $34 billion by 2013 as companies upgrade and adapt existing infrastructures to meet the demands of big data, Gartner research predicts.
How To Bridge Big Data's Information Gap
October 12, 2012
Companies must fight the growing gap between people who gather big data and those who can put it to practical use.
Big Data: How Does Uncle Sam Track You?
October 01, 2012
Facial recognition data is just one of the big data types raising new questions between federal agencies, private companies, and privacy watchdogs.
Data Scientist Jobs Hiding Under Less Sexy Titles
October 01, 2012
Big data's hottest job title, data scientist, remains rare in online postings. Job seekers can use other keywords to find 'hidden' big data jobs.
Big Data Fuels Rise of Containerized Data Centers
September 28, 2012
Big data growth forces more companies to adopt containerized data centers and other solutions to meet storage demands.
Hadoop Alternative: Open Source Quantcast Touts Speed
September 27, 2012
Quantcast File System uses less disk space than Hadoop and shines on key speed metrics, developers say.
Big Data Squeezes Legacy IT Spending: IDC
September 26, 2012
Along with cloud computing, mobile, and social networking, big data will account for a growing percentage of IT spending, leaving little to maintain older systems, says IDC study.
Executives Push Big Data Projects, Not Sure Why
September 20, 2012
Hype makes big data so hot every company wants to try it, but execs remain unsure why they need it or how to implement it.
Virtualization, Deduplication, And … Rat Brains?
September 14, 2012
Researchers successfully emulate short-term memory using rat brain cells. Could this advance have long-term implications on data storage?
Army Commanders: Let Us Choose Big Data Apps
September 13, 2012
The Army faces a technology control debate as some commanders ask to choose their own big data intelligence apps, looking to prevent more troop deaths from IEDs.
Big Data Equals Big Money In Presidential Campaigns
September 12, 2012
Analytics identify untapped pools of donations, not answers to nagging questions of national policy.
Startups Offer Tools To Simplify Big Data
September 11, 2012
Not every big data project has a data scientist on board. Some startups are developing analysis tools to help non-specialists target the information they need.
Microsoft Team Shrinks Big Data By Deleting It
September 10, 2012
Microsoft Research takes new approach to data compression, but so far it works only on Azure.
Soccer Wonks Learn Tough Big Data Lesson
September 10, 2012
Recent gameday experiment shows that in sports and in business, even the most detailed big data analysis is worthless if the questions don't make sense.
Attunity Strives To Make Big Data Accessible
August 31, 2012
It's not enough to sift and combine big data, you also have to store it in ways that work for business users. Attunity services try to simplify enterprise work with Amazon Web Services' S3 storage.
Aerospike Vies To Advance NoSQL Database
August 29, 2012
Acquire a competitor? Check. Round of VC funding? Check. Open source version of base product? Check. The former Citrusleaf hits several big data development trends at once.
Open Source: Key To Big Data Riches?
August 27, 2012
Big data makes a company smart, open source makes it rich, Gartner report contends.
When Big Data Questions Can't Wait For Data Scientists
August 24, 2012
Alteryx and other vendors are pushing tools that aim to make big data accessible to business-side teams and other non-specialists.
DNA On Microchips: Big Data's Future Storage Answer?
August 20, 2012
By layering DNA on microchips, researchers say they will be able to store vast amounts of data in a very small space.
Who Is Paying For Big Data Projects?
August 15, 2012
Big data is not yet considered a strategic asset or a potentially game-changing advantage by many business managers, a survey reveals.
Data Scientist: Hot Big Data Job
August 13, 2012
These specialists, who can supervise the integration of many types of data, find themselves in great demand compared to traditional data analysts.
Big Data Projects: 6 Ways To Start Smart
August 13, 2012
Don't let poor definitions, lack of best practices, or uncertainty about goals sidetrack your next big data project.