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Teradata adopts Presto for Hadoop SQL queries

By Mike Wheatley Jun 9, 2015

Big Data analytics firm Teradata Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind the open-source Presto project, which provides an SQL query engine for interactive queries. This could be a very big deal. Presto was,…

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Wikibon: Server SAN poised to radically simplify enterprise storage | #NextConf

By Bert Latamore Jun 9, 2015

The Server SAN (storage-area network) architecture that Wikibon first described last year can greatly simplify the way infrastructure is purchased and managed, but it requires changes in the way IT thinks about technology budgeting and…

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A niche is reborn as JethroData raises $8.1 million for SQL-on-Hadoop engine

By Maria Deutscher Jun 9, 2015

The days when SQL was one of the main flash points in the Hadoop ecosystem are long gone, with every major distributor now offering its own implementation in one form or another. But a…

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Arcadia exits stealth with $11.5 million for Hadoop-based BI platform

By Maria Deutscher Jun 9, 2015

The Hadoop ecosystem is growing even more crowded today with the launch of a new startup called Arcadia Data Inc. that hopes to help business analysts become more productive in how they analyze their…

Microsoft is bringing Skype real-time translator to the current version of Skype for Windows 8.1

By James Farrell Jun 9, 2015

Back in November we reported the release of Microsoft’s Skype real-time translator preview, the company’s ambitious attempt to bridge the language barrier not only textually, but verbally. The original preview included just English and Spanish…

Kickstarter: Voxelnauts MMO plans to use NXT-based blockchain virtual property management

By Kyt Dotson Jun 9, 2015

Watching the trailer video for Retro Ronin’s VR sandbox Minecraft-like game Voxelnauts engenders memories of the Final Fantasy series (it’s the music.) The game is currently on Kickstarter and has half-way funded its $200,000…

Westpac, ANZ trial Ripple’s Blockchain ledger system, but say no to Bitcoin, for now

By Duncan Riley Jun 9, 2015

Two of Australia’s top 4 banks, The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ,) and Westpac Banking Corp., have joined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. in trialling Ripple Labs, Inc.’s Bitcoin inspired…

Apple to release an app to assist Android users switch to iOS devices

By Duncan Riley Jun 9, 2015

Apple has hatched a cunning plan to get Android users to switch to iOS with a new Android app that can assist with the process. The app, unexcitingly called “Move” allows people switching to…

Streaming wars: Spotify may match Apple Music’s family plan price

By Duncan Riley Jun 9, 2015

Streaming music service Spotify AG has responded to the launch of Apple’s new and very uninspiringly named Apple Music service by suggesting it may match prices on family plans. Apple Music was revealed at…

iOS 9 brings multitasking features to iPad | #WWDC15

By Collen Kriel Jun 8, 2015

At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) taking place in San Francisco this week, Apple on Monday announced a number of new features in iOS 9 that deliver multitasking to the iPad and aims…