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Big Data

How Uber cruised Apache data frameworks and arrived at Flink

By R. Danes Apr 17, 2017

It’s hard to overstate how heavily ride-sharing apps rely on fresh data streams to do business. So what makes a streaming data framework good enough for Uber? Uber has run the gamut from Apache…

Big Data

Unifying the data processing pipeline with Apache Beam

By Nelson Williams Apr 17, 2017

Setting up a data processing pipeline is a juggling act. What applications work with the backend? Can those applications work together? What about fitting it into existing infrastructure? The best answer to those questions…

Cloud

Building a better model for SaaS applications: Why one company chose Flink

By Bev Bellile Apr 17, 2017

The debate surrounding the capabilities of Apache Spark or Apache Flink, open-source systems for data stream and big data processing, and when to use them, continues to rage. During the Flink Forward conference, held last…

Big Data

Flink vs. Spark: Does the world need another Apache data tool?

By R. Danes Apr 17, 2017

What’s more redundant than another big data software tool? Another one from Apache, maybe? Don’t be so quick to wave off newcomers like Apache Flink, said Dean Wampler (pictured), vice president of fast data engineering at…

Emerging Tech

Report: Robots to take one in three UK jobs, requiring billions for retraining

By James Farrell Apr 17, 2017

More than 10 million jobs will be automated out of existence over the next two decades, and the poor will be hurt the most, the Institute for Public Policy Research said in a new…

Apps

Facebook busts international spam network that was creating fake likes

By Duncan Riley Apr 17, 2017

Facebook Inc. said it has busted a major international spam network that was manipulating “likes” on social networking giant’s pages for over six months. The unnamed group, which is claimed to have involved accounts…

Apps

Princeton researchers may have just won the ad blocking war – for now, anyway

By Mike Wheatley Apr 17, 2017

A Princeton University researcher may have just dealt Facebook Inc. a sucker punch in its war against ad blockers, creating a new tool that goes undetected by the company’s anti-ad-blocking software. Computer scientist Arvind…

Infra

Microsoft patches Windows vulnerabilities exposed in latest Shadow Brokers release

By Duncan Riley Apr 16, 2017

Microsoft Corp. has patched a number of vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system that were exposed by the most recent release of National Security Agency-linked tools by the hacking group the Shadow Brokers. The…

Emerging Tech

He’s not running blind: Wearable tech will help Boston Marathon contestant reach the finish line

By Paul Gillin Apr 16, 2017

When he crosses the starting line of the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, blind runner Erich Manser will be accompanied by two assistants – one immediately to his left and another 800 miles away…

Emerging Tech

Uber reveals its numbers: Bookings reached $20B in 2016 but losses mounted

By Maria Deutscher Apr 16, 2017

Despite a series of high-profile missteps, Uber Technologies Inc. is rapidly growing its global ride-hailing empire, but at the expense of multibillion-dollar losses. That’s the main highlight of the company’s first public financial disclosure,…

all stories

How Uber cruised Apache data frameworks and arrived at Flink

Unifying the data processing pipeline with Apache Beam

Building a better model for SaaS applications: Why one company chose Flink

Flink vs. Spark: Does the world need another Apache data tool?

Report: Robots to take one in three UK jobs, requiring billions for retraining

Facebook busts international spam network that was creating fake likes

Princeton researchers may have just won the ad blocking war – for now, anyway

Microsoft patches Windows vulnerabilities exposed in latest Shadow Brokers release

He’s not running blind: Wearable tech will help Boston Marathon contestant reach the finish line

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