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Hortonworks Inc. has announced the availability of support subscriptions for its advanced stream processing platform DataFlow, following a quiet launch late last week. DataFlow, which is based on the NSA-developed Apache NiFi project, was first introduced to an audience of oil and …
Altiscale delivers ‘Spark-as-a-Service’ cloud platform
Apache Spark and Hadoop are widely regarded as the marquee tools in the box when it comes to crunching and consuming Big Data, but their complexity makes them extremely difficult for many organizations to deploy. Add to that their resource hungry nature, …
Adobe delves into Big Data insights with Analysis Workspace
Adobe Inc. has come up with a way for data scientists and marketers to analyze and get insights out of their data. Called Analysis Workspace, the platform allows users to curate customized dashboards jammed with data and insights they can share with …
Accenture revenues top $30B for the year
Technology consulting and outsourcing giant Accenture Plc. reported strong end-of-year financials with a five percent increase in sales revenues to $30 billion for its fiscal 2015, compared to the year before. However, the company’s net income slipped by 10 percent to just …
CSC & AT&T team up to transform hybrid cloud management
Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) has teamed up with AT&T Inc. on a new solution that promises to revolutionize workload management across hybrid cloud networks. The two companies have just unveiled the AT&T NetBond® with CSC Agility Platform™ to help businesses increase their …
Economic data-gatherer Premise Data raises $50 million
There’s been a lot of talk about the staggering growth of Big Data in the world, with some experts saying the amount of data stored on servers across the globe is increasing at an exponential rate, practically doubling as each year passes …
MemSQL just made it super easy to deploy Apache Spark
MemSQL Inc., builder of the fast, in-memory MemSQL database for transactions and analytics, has taken the wraps off of an integrated Apache Spark solution to give enterprises an easy way to access real-time analytics. Called Spark Streamliner, the solution gives enterprises a …
StackStorm’s event-driven automation platform wins over Netflix
Event-driven automation software firm StackStorm, Inc. today rolled out the enterprise edition of its platform during a keynote at Cassandra Summit yesterday, revealing that Netflix Inc. is already using it to perform auto-remediation tasks. Netflix, which is known to be one of …
Thailand’s junta reportedly building China-style Firewall
Thailand’s ruling military junta is reportedly planning to set up a Chinese-style Great Firewall in order to boost its ability to block or censor websites and services it doesn’t like. The proposal was apparently discovered online by a Thai Twitter user Prem …
BlueData updates EPIC to simplify Big Data deployments
One of the main barriers to Big Data deployments is the complexity of the systems needed to run and maintain them on. To try and resolve those issues, BlueData Software Inc. has released a new Big Data platform that aims to keep …