by Angela Guess
According to a new article out of the company, “BlueData, provider of the leading infrastructure software platform for Big Data, today announced a new solution for building real-time data pipelines with Spark Streaming, Kafka and Cassandra. This new turnkey offering is designed for organizations that want to develop and test applications for analyzing ‘Fast Data’: real-time or near real-time data that requires instant awareness, faster decision-making, and immediate action. Fast Data use cases are emerging in almost every industry: ranging from fraud detection for financial transactions; to Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring with sensor-generated data; to campaign optimization and real-time bidding in advertising technology.”
The article continues, “Real-time analysis of these new high-velocity data streams (from financial markets, sensor data, machine logs, social media, mobile applications, and other sources) can bring tremendous value — whether in delivering competitive business advantage, averting potential crises, or creating new revenue opportunities. But this data is perishable, and may lose its operational value in a very short time frame. Speed is of the essence. For data scientists and developers working with real-time pipelines, the stack of Spark-Kafka-Cassandra has quickly emerged as the best place to start. This new trinity of open source systems delivers on key requirements for Fast Data.”
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