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A few vendors announced notable big data developments this week. Hortonworks alone had two. On Thursday the big data start-up unveiled a new ODBC driver that allows users to integrate their existing BI applications with Hadoop. Hortonworks’ version of the open database …
This Week in the Cloud: OpenStack, Analytics and More
This week had a few notable updates, including one from Rackspace. The cloud hosting provider introduced something called OpenStack Fundamentals, a certification course that’s based on material developed for internal use. The material has been around for a year or so, so …
Infosys Stock Plummets After Failed Expections
Infosys, the second largest IT consultancy in the India, disappointed investors with weak financial performance and an unchanged outlook for the quarter ending in March. The company posted net profit of 23.69 billion rupees, about $450 million, which is 24 percent more than …
An Upbeat Uptick for India’s IT: Focus on Recovery, Big Data
India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies expects to see double-digit growth for the sector in the current fiscal year. NASSCOM forecasts a revenue increase somewhere between 11 and 14 percent for the period, down from the 16 percent that was …
IBM PureSystems Gaining Tractions Among MSPs
The latest from IBM is that Altus IT and Torres Network, two fairly large managed service providers, have deployed its PureSystems in their data centers. The Big Blue says that these most recent wins reiterate a trend that has seen MSPs choose …
Hortonworks Debuts New Drive for BI Integration
Big data startup Hortonworks is now offering users a way to integrate its Hadoop platform with the BI applications they’re running on top. Hortonworks Hive ODBC Driver 1.0 makes it possible to analyze and visualize data from Excel, Microstrategy, PowerPivot, Tableau and other …
What Congress’ Big Data Inquiry Means for Consumers
Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Commerce Committee, has sent a letter to over a dozen major brokers as a part of a broader inquiry into the use of consumer data in certain key verticals. Chief analyst at Wikibon, Dave Vellante, discussed this …
Virtualization is Winning: VCE Marks Efficiency Boost for Colt Technology
Colt Technology Services, an IT service provider not to be confused with the iconic firearms manufacturer, is publishing new data about its massive virtual desktop infrastructure at VMworld Europe held this week in Barcelona. Colt leverages Vblocks from VCE and Cisco UCS …
What Innovations Mark Hadoop’s Transition to the Enterprise? Cloudera Explains
Big data is here to stay and Hadoop has come to play a central role in this story, though the enterprise readiness of this open-source analytics platform remains a hotly debated topic. One company that’s had a front row seat to big …
HortonWorks’ New President Accelerates Analytics Momentum
Last year Yahoo spun off a sizable portion of its analytics team under a new name: Hortonworks. The startup has since expanded its services portfolio with the launch of the HortonWorks Data Platform, its very own Apache Hadoop distribution, and it’s not …