Big Data

Information SecurityInformation security is now a challenge throughout the enterprise, and not just at gateways on the edge of networks. In particular the use of a large number of diverse types of endpoint devices is making the endpoint one of the most vulnerable pieces of the entire enterprise IT infrastructure. ... read more..

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big data There has never been as much information and data in the world as there is now. So much so that it has been awarded its own, slightly misleading name, big data. Yes, the volume of data is huge, but it is the variety and complexity that is driving ... read more..

From IT Director.com Apart from industry hype it's easier to say what big data is not. To begin with it is not Hadoop (see preface to this series: What is Hadoop?). Nor is it simply having lots of data. And especially it is nothing to do with having lots ... read more..

From Computerworld.com With big data being hyped as the next big strategic initiative for business, it's time for IT to lay the groundwork. Got your big data plan in place? If not, you may want to start thinking about implementing one. Big data is being hailed -- or hyped, ... read more..

OpenStack: gaining strength slowly but surely On September 29, 2011, the OpenStack open source community released the fourth iteration of its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform. Codenamed Diablo, this latest version improves the platform in a number of key areas. However, OpenStack still has some way to go to establish itself in ... read more..

From Computer Weekly Enterprises will need to re-imagine their IT department if they are to successfully manage the explosive growth of data within their organisation, claims analyst group Gartner. CIOs are under increasing pressure to harness the big data within their organisations, as companies look for ways to understand their ... read more..

i2 buy deepens IBM's Big Data war chest IBM's Big Data arsenal got a bit bigger in September 2011 after it acquired Cambridge, UK-based i2 for its analysis and fraud prevention software. i2 brings advanced analytics technology to the table that is consistent with IBM's strategy to strengthen and expand ... read more..

ApplicationsAccording to the IBM Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise study, one in three business leaders frequently make decisions without the information they need and half don't have access to the information they need to do their jobs. That has significant competitive implications. Data analytics represents a massive ... read more..

From ITPro Big data poses big challenges. But if businesses can tackle these head on, there are huge opportunities awaiting them. The first time we heard the phrase big data, we were wondering whether storage companies had gone into childrens programming, describing in some Jackonory dialect what they did ... read more..

From Gartner Many IT leaders are attempting to manage big data challenges by focusing on the high volumes of information to the exclusion of the many other dimensions of information management, leaving massive challenges to be addressed later, according to Gartner, Inc. Big data is a popular term used ... read more..

HP buys Vertica, joins Big Data party Less than a month after stopping support of its ill-fated NeoView data warehousing range, HP has acquired Vertica Systems to fill the gap for Big Data warehousing and analytics. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. This is ... read more..

From Avanade A new survey undertaken by Kelton Research for technology services provider Avanade reveals that big data is creating very real business challenges for executives. In fact, more than half 56 percent of C-level executives, IT decision makers and business unit leaders report they are overwhelmed by ... read more..

Big data analytics continues to pique the interest of business intelligence (BI) vendors due to the large amounts of data that companies continue to accumulate. At the same time many companies have encountered cost and scalability issues trying to analyze these mountains of data using traditional data warehouses. Datameer offers ... read more..