IBM DataWorks, a holistic approach to leveraging data
This week at Strata, IBM unleashed a series of announcements and presentations about its Project DataWorks. DataWorks takes some deciphering to figure what it is exactly: a (line of) product(s), a methodology, or a strategic initiative. Spoiler alert: it's all of the above.
Read More →I got 99 data stores and integrating them ain’t fun
Data integration may not sound as deliciously intriguing as AI or machine learning tidbits sprinkled on vanilla apps. Still, it is the bread and butter of many, the enabler of all things cool using data, and a premium use case for concepts underpinning AI.
Read More →What IBM, the Semantic Web Company, and Siemens are doing with semantic technologies
Defining semantics is a matter of semantics, not less so in the Big Data space.
Read More →MarkLogic, dual-wielding its way through transactional and analytical workloads
Is dealing with transactional and analytical workloads in a single database a pipe dream? Not according to MarkLogic, which has its own way of taking on both.
Read More →How i learned to stop worrying and love telling stories
I’ve got tech, data, and media, and i’m not afraid to use them. Here’s my story, why you may care, and how to make sure you’re up to date. A geek’s life I have not always liked writing, neither have i always been that good at making cases and telling stories. Or at least, that’s […]
Read More →From a basement in Athens to Space and beyond: the unlikely story of Climate Watch
We don’t have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it. Yes, it’s a bit early for towel day. But i could not think of a […]
Read More →Earth Day special: on big issues, breaking news, and using data and tech to get insights and build stories
Earth day is one of those things pretty much everyone can stand behind. With virtually all scientists and the vast majority of the public acknowledging the fact that climate change is an imminent threat that must be dealt with, it marks an occasion for awareness and action. This year in particular, it coincides with a […]
Read More →An analyst’s life: from Gigaom and Big Data to VisionMobile and Developer Economics and..Big Developer Data
The last post in this blog, a year ago, was about Hadoop security. We had just finished our latest webcast with Gigaom on the different options for managing Hadoop and were looking ahead to a number of prospects, including a Sector Roadmap on SaaS BI to be unveiled at Structure:Data 2015. Much water has flowed […]
Read More →Cloudera, Hortonworks, and how they are progressing in their Hadoop security agenda
Back in July 2014, Gigaom published a research note on Hadoop security written by me. As there seems to be rapid progress in this domain, in the last few days there have been a couple of related developments that call for an update on the picture drawn in that report. As was noted in the […]
Read More →The best approach to managing Hadoop
This week Linked Data Orchestration published another report on Big Data. The report is titled “The best approach to managing Hadoop” and is brought to you in collaboration with Gigaom and Zettaset. The report examines the 3 choices available for managing Hadoop and discusses the pros and cons for each one. Organizations leveraging on-premises Hadoop […]
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