by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Cohesity, the pioneer of hyperconverged secondary storage, today announced the launch of Cohesity Orion 5.0, the industry’s first storage platform that combines end-to-end data protection and big data storage on distributed, infinitely scalable architecture. The latest version of Cohesity’s groundbreaking secondary storage platform delivers radical efficiency […]
Big Data as a Service: What Can it Do for Your Enterprise?
The multiple V’s of Big Data require the hardware architecture operating it to be “distributed” and rooted in parallel processing for the most efficient management possible. Although the data sources for Big Data can be anywhere, when the multi-channel data is pulled into the Big Data environment, then the two significant characteristics that distinguish Big […]
IBM Sets New Record for Magnetic Tape Storage; Makes Tape Competitive for Cloud Storage
by Angela Guess A press release out of the company states, “IBM Research scientists have achieved a new world record in tape storage – their fifth since 2006. The new record of 201 Gb/in2 (gigabits per square inch) in areal density was achieved on a prototype sputtered magnetic tape developed by Sony Storage Media Solutions. […]
Your Processes are Broken: Here’s How to Fix Them with Data
Click to learn more about author Alex Rinke. In his landmark 1996 HBR essay entitled “What is Strategy?” Michael Porter famously stated: “Operational effectiveness competition shifts the productivity frontier outward, effectively raising the bar for everyone.” This adage has never carried more weight than right now, in the digital age. Global players like Amazon have perfected […]
MemSQL and Cisco Collaborate to Improve Big Data Analytics
by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “MemSQL, provider of the fastest real-time data warehouse, announced its availability on Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics. The two companies are collaborating to deliver a simplified intelligent data infrastructure with high performance and scalability to meet growing real-time business demands. The growth of […]
What’s After Hadoop?
Click to learn more about video blogger Stefan Groschupf. Introducing the Big Data & Brews video blog series presented by Stefan Groschupf, Founder of Datameer. The series will touch on hot topics within the business of Big Data, Analytics, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Modern BI, NoSQL and Next Generation Technologies. In today’s video blog Stefan Groschupf talks […]
The University of Virginia’s Data Science Education and Data Science Institute
The University of Virginia was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, and is now offering a Master of Science degree in Data Science (MSDS), and a new “dual degree” with a Master in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Data Science (MBA/MSDS). Their goal is to prepare the leaders of tomorrow in using […]
Three Business Benefits of Data Visualization
Click to learn more about author Kevin McGirl. Data Visualization isn’t a new concept, but it has evolved over time. Maps, charts and diagrams have been presenting complex information in a graphical or pictorial format, in one way or another, for hundreds of years – and the process has only improved. When information is represented […]
Knowledge Maps – A New Model for Metadata
Click to learn more about author John Singer. IT Metadata Management – that quirky corner of IT recognized as a “critical success factor” yet the most under-funded aspect of any initiative. Historically, each new wave of IT technical innovation brings with it a call for better Metadata Management. The new innovation disrupts the current status quo […]
Oracle Expands Cloud at Customer with PaaS and SaaS Services
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Empowering organizations to move workloads to the cloud while keeping their data on their own premises, Oracle today announced significant expansion of the breadth of services available through Oracle Cloud at Customer. The portfolio now spans all of the major Oracle PaaS categories and for the […]