Click to learn more about author Andrew Brust. What’s going on in the data world right now, and how will it impact the market in 2018? There are the obvious, banner headlines, of course: AI is everywhere and will change everything; Enterprises continue to move their infrastructure – and data – to the Cloud; GDPR […]
A Brief History of Big Data
Big Data has been described by some Data Management pundits (with a bit of a snicker) as “huge, overwhelming, and uncontrollable amounts of information.” In 1663, John Graunt dealt with “overwhelming amounts of information” as well, while he studied the bubonic plague, which was currently ravaging Europe. Graunt used statistics and is credited with being […]
More than Two-Thirds of Data Analytics Now Run on Modern Non-Relational Data Sources
by Angela Guess A new press release states, “Zoomdata, developers of the world’s fastest visual analytics platform for big and streaming data, and O’Reilly Media, an internationally recognized, multi-faceted company that has played a seminal role in the evolution and adoption of the Internet revolution, today released the results of a comprehensive survey run by […]
Case Study: Implementing Data Governance for Data Lakes and Big Data
Shannon Fuller says that knowing what your priorities are is the key piece to efficient development of a governance structure for the Data Lake. Fuller is the Director of Data Governance at Carolinas Healthcare System, where he piloted an HDInsight Hadoop implementation on Microsoft Azure. Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference, Fuller […]
Pepperdata Integrates Performance into DevOps for Big Data
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Pepperdata, the Big Data performance company, today announced it is expanding its product portfolio with Pepperdata Application Profiler, providing Hadoop and Spark developers with easy to understand recommendations for improving job performance. Application Profiler is currently available in early access and will be generally available in the […]
Case Study: Hello Fresh Shifts to Big Data with MapR
The doorbell rings and it’s a big box with the words “HelloFresh” on the side in lime green letters. Inside, surrounded by biodegradable ice packs, are fresh ingredients for three different meals for you and your spouse, chosen from a varied slate of innovative entrees. All the vegies and meats in the box are portioned, […]
Data Governance vs. Big Data Governance
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, Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Modern BI, NoSQL and Next Generation Technologies. In today’s video blog Stefan […]
How are New Data Technologies Affecting Data Quality and Data Governance?
Data Quality and Data Governance have been an ongoing concern among global data technology vendors and enterprises for some time. Privacy and security issues are no longer the headaches of large enterprises alone; Big Data, Hadoop, Cloud Computing platforms, the Internet of Things (IoT), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings, and social data have all added to rising […]
SQL versus NoSQL Databases: A Review of Key Themes
Non-relational databases (aka NoSQL), in many different variations, have become a popular database model for handling Big Data. They use two novel concepts, making them different from earlier, “classical” database models. The concepts having so much impact are horizontal scaling, spreading out the storage and work, and eliminating the use of “Structured Query Language” (SQL) […]
A Review of Different Database Types: Relational versus Non-Relational
Relational databases are also called Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) or SQL databases. Historically, the most popular of these have been Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL, and IBM DB2. The RDBMS’s are used mostly in large enterprise scenarios, with the exception of MySQL, which is also used to store data for Web applications. All […]