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To the cloud, big data sisters and brothers, to the cloud

To the cloud, big data sisters and brothers, to the cloud

While reports of big data’s death have been greatly exaggerated, the skepticism is not unwarranted. The cloud may have some…

Oct 6, 2016

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The past, present, and future of streaming: Flink, Spark, and the gang

Reactive, real-time applications require real-time, eventful data flows. This is the premise on which a…

Sep 11, 2018

Google can now search for datasets. First research, then the world?

Did you ever need data on a topic you wanted to research, and had a…

Sep 5, 2018

Knowledge graphs in Gartner’s hype cycle. The Year of the Graph Newsletter Vol. 5, September 2018

Knowledge graphs in Gartner’s hype cycle, machine learning extensions and visual tools for graph databases,…

Sep 2, 2018

The web as a database: The biggest knowledge graph ever

Imagine you could get the entire web in a database, and structure it. Then you…

Aug 30, 2018

AI chips for big data and machine learning: Hard choices in the cloud and on-premise

How can GPUs and FPGAs help with data-intensive tasks such as operations, analytics, and machine…

Aug 20, 2018

Zen and the art of data structures: From self-tuning to self-designing data systems

Designing data systems is something few people understand, and it’s very hard and costly. But…

Aug 6, 2018

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