Click to learn more about author Gilad David Maayan. This guide will cover the basics of Kubernetes, an open-source solution for container orchestration that has been growing rapidly to become an industry mainstay. Read on to learn how your enterprise can benefit from adopting Kubernetes technology, and which key concepts of Kubernetes you should know. […]
Graph Databases in the Spotlight
Graph databases are distinguished by relationships. Users can query, for example, the connections that relate a customer to an account that he or she owns, or how many degrees of separation exist between Kevin Bacon and Audrey Hepburn. Ontologies are a key underpinning, providing a data model to describe things in a database. Metadata and […]
Big Data Ecosystem Updates: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and the Edge
One of the recent stories within the Big Data ecosystem is that Cisco is joining the AI Hardware frame with a new deep learning server powered by eight GPUs. Cisco is promising support within its AI push for Kubeflow, “which is an open source tool that makes TensorFlow compatible with the Kubernetes container orchestration engine,” […]
Extracting Maximum Value from Containers with Smart Availability Software
Click to learn more about author Don Boxley. Across vertical industries, containers are revered for their capacity to significantly impact the software and application development process. These portable execution environments enable a host of enterprise benefits readily codified into the following three areas: Scale Out: Containers scale out quickly, allowing any number of users to […]
Where Does the Data Live?
Click to learn more about author William Peterson. Where does the data live? A simple question that can have a very complex answer. But the reality may be that with a data fabric the answer doesn’t matter. Why? As we pointed out in the first blog in this series: “The next generation of Data Management will […]
Streamlining the Production of Artificial Intelligence
People often think the algorithms used for Machine Learning (ML) are the most important factors for developing a successful ML system. However, shrewd Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning systems in production (managing the data at all stages, with multiple models) have much more impact on the success of the model than the specific learning […]
Predictions for Big Data Analytics in 2019
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Big Data Analytics has been one of the dominant tech trends of this decade, and it’s also been one of the most dynamic and innovative segments of the IT market. Today’s Big Data Analytics market is quite different from the industry of even a few years ago, and […]
The Next Phase of Data Management
Click to learn more about author William Peterson. Existing generations of Data Management are point products or tools solving a specific issue. Conceptually this is similar to networking devices or compute being treated as a manageable resource. Terms like Data Fabric, while helpful, can be confusing as there are a number of competing definitions and uses […]
Five Cloud Computing Trends of Note for 2019
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Acquisitions, Multi- and Hybrid Cloud, growth of Cloud Managed Services, containers and green initiatives marked a dynamic year in Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing continued to be one of the hottest topics in the technology and business media throughout 2018. This is no surprise as the Cloud Sector […]
Kubernetes Orchestration for Distributed Architectures
Containers are thriving in the IT community thanks to their value at running entire runtime environments and for supporting a microservices approach to building applications. In a survey conducted last year by 451 Research, 71 percent of 200 large enterprise IT leaders said they are using Kubernetes to manage their container infrastructure. The usage is […]