A rock and a hard place: Between ScyllaDB and Cassandra

How many NoSQL databases does the world really need, and how easily would you switch your existing solution for a new one? Asking these questions before setting out to build a NoSQL database is a good thing. The people behind ScyllaDB did, and now Cassandra may be between a rock and hard place.
Read More →Kafka gets SQL with KSQL

Apache Kafka is a key component in data pipeline architectures when it comes to ingesting data. Confluent, the commercial entity behind Kafka, wants to leverage this position to become a platform for the enterprise and today is announcing a milestone on the road to ubiquity: SQL.
Read More →CatBoost Machine Learning framework from Yandex boosts the range of AI

This is the year artificial intelligence (AI) was made great again. AI is all about machine learning, and machine learning is all about deep learning (DL), according to the hype. For connaisseurs like Yandex, there's more to AI than deep learning. CatBoost, the open source framework Yandex just released, aims to expand the range of what is possible in AI and what Yandex can do.
Read More →Caffe2: Deep learning with flexibility and scalability

As the AI landscape continues to evolve, a new version of the popular Caffe open source deep learning framework has been released. Caffe2 is backed by Facebook and features a wide array of partnerships to make it as flexible and scalable as possible. But is that enough to make Caffe2 a winner?
Read More →Data Works, Hadoop 3.0 is round the corner, and ‘Horton Hatches the Egg’

What's coming in Hadoop 3.0? How is Hortonworks' strategy evolving? And what are some examples of open-source powered innovation in big data use cases?
Read More →LinkedIn: Machine learning is like oxygen, but the human element is not going away anytime soon

How do data and machine-learning powered algorithms work to control newsfeeds and spread stories? How much of that is automated, how much should you be able to understand and control, and where is it all headed? LinkedIn has answers.
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 →WSO2: Open Source Enterprise Application Integration in the Cloud

WSO2 is a notable Enterprise Application Integration & Cloud vendor. They are notable not just because of what they do, but also because of how they do it. WSO2 offers an integrated platform featuring an Enterprise Service Bus and solutions that span Identity, Governance, Business Process Management, API Management, Big Data Analytics and Cloud. And […]
Read More →Semantic Web and CMS: a symbiotic relationship

How structured data and CMS can work with each other Working in a company that specializes in Knowledge Management and does pretty much all of its front-end development in a web-based environment, you quickly come to the realization that a good CMS is a key success factor. ‘Good’ in this context means everything you would […]
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