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Out of the Hadoop box: SQL everywhere and AtScale
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Out of the Hadoop box: SQL everywhere and AtScale

AtScale has made a name for itself by providing an access layer on top of…

Nov 17, 2016
To the cloud, big data sisters and brothers, to the cloud
AnalysisCloudDataFeaturedTechnical

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.…

Oct 6, 2016
IBM DataWorks, a holistic approach to leveraging data
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IBM DataWorks, a holistic approach to leveraging data

This week at Strata, IBM unleashed a series of announcements and presentations about its Project…

Sep 30, 2016
I got 99 data stores and integrating them ain’t fun
AnalysisData GovernanceData Lakes & WarehousesKnowledge GraphsTechnical

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…

Sep 22, 2016
What IBM, the Semantic Web Company, and Siemens are doing with semantic technologies
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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.…

Sep 15, 2016
MarkLogic, dual-wielding its way through transactional and analytical workloads
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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…

Aug 31, 2016

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