Ash Munshi, CEO, and Chad Carson, co-founder of Pepperdata, recently spoke with DATAVERSITY® about the state of Big Data performance and DevOps, what’s on the horizon, and Pepperdata’s role in that future. Big Data Expansion Munshi and Carson see lots of companies experimenting with getting into the Big Data space, mostly with consumer-facing data first […]
Impetus Technologies Reveals Winners of Spark Streaming Innovation Contest
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Impetus Technologies, a big data software products and services company, today announced the winners of its inaugural Spark Streaming Innovation Contest. Nearly 600 registrants from around the world competed to build a streaming analytics application to solve a real-world anomaly detection problem using StreamAnalytix™ – a visual […]
Weaving Your Own Big Data Fabric
Click to learn more about author Ravi Shankar. With Big Data, anyone with a modest budget can store, manage, and process vast amounts of data. The problem is, many companies are storing data from different systems in different formats, creating Big Data silos that results in large datasets that need to be integrated manually. Aside from […]
Big Data Applications: Managing Complexity with Success
In essence, Unravel Data makes processing Big Data easier. The program was designed to resolve the complicated and disconcerting problems that emerge when processing Big Data. These applications can become confusing and difficult to operate. Never-before-seen challenges arise with chronic regularity, leaving research teams constantly struggling with issues such as allocating resources, scheduling, and debugging. […]
Pepperdata Integrates Performance into DevOps for Big Data
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Pepperdata, the Big Data performance company, today announced it is expanding its product portfolio with Pepperdata Application Profiler, providing Hadoop and Spark developers with easy to understand recommendations for improving job performance. Application Profiler is currently available in early access and will be generally available in the […]
Case Study: Hello Fresh Shifts to Big Data with MapR
The doorbell rings and it’s a big box with the words “HelloFresh” on the side in lime green letters. Inside, surrounded by biodegradable ice packs, are fresh ingredients for three different meals for you and your spouse, chosen from a varied slate of innovative entrees. All the vegies and meats in the box are portioned, […]
BlueData Brings DevOps Agility to Data Science Operations with Spark, R, and Python
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “BlueData, provider of the leading Big-Data-as-a-Service (BDaaS) software platform, today announced the new winter release for the BlueData EPIC software platform. This new release delivers several new enhancements for data science operations, bringing DevOps agility and collaboration to data science teams as well as support for new […]
Six Reasons Data Analytics Will Make a Splash in 2017
Click here to learn more about author Jon Pilkington. Looking back over the past year, it is clear that self-service solutions have become widely adopted by organizations across industries, as users want to access and analyze information immediately without having to wait for IT to run a report or provide a database. This trend will continue […]
Big Data Processing 101: The What, Why, and How
First came Apache Lucene, which was, and still is, a free, full-text, downloadable search library. It can be used to analyze normal text for the purpose of developing an index. The index maps each term, “remembering” its location. When the term is searched for, Lucene immediately knows all the places where that term had existed. […]
Apache Spark Survey Reveals Increased Growth in Users and New Workloads
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “In order to better understand Apache Spark’s growing role in big data, Taneja Group conducted a major market research project, surveying approximately 7,000 people. The sample was made up of technical and managerial job roles from around the world directly involved in big data. The survey, […]