ITworld Big Data/Hadoop

The open-source answer to big data

IDGNS staff — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:00:22 +0000

Open-source source platforms for big data have exploded in popularity. And in the past few months, it seems like nearly everyone is feeling the fallout.

Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars

IDGNS staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:59:06 +0000

Oracle may lay out how it plans to become a player in the burgeoning PaaS (platform as a service) market next week during a webcast event featuring CEO Larry Ellison and co-president Mark Hurd.

What could cause persistent client disconnects while trying to run Hadoop Zookeeper through a cloud provider?

rtrembley — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:17:44 +0000

We are trying to set up Zookeeper in a virtual environment through our cloud provider. On a regular basis we are getting client disconnects. Is there a common cause for these disconnects to keep happening?

Faster, higher, stronger: Big data will get Olympic workout

Irfan Khan — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Big data will help Olympic officials track athletes, attendees, and security, learn what didn't work, and then apply it to future Olympics.

How to make PHP apps scale

IDGNS staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:09:06 +0000

The most popular language for Web apps, PHP tends to buckle under heavy loads -- unless you opt for cloud scaling and a NoSQL back end

McLaren CIO uses SAP's HANA to scale back on ‘expensive PhDs’

IDGNS staff — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:40:59 +0000

McLaren CIO Stuart Birrell has said that he is using SAP’s in-memory HANA technology to try and scale back on using “expensive PhD” skills within the group’s Formula 1 teams.

Banjo plays a big data tune

bproffitt — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:06:29 +0000

A social media aggregation service uses a combination of big data tools to deliver real-time notifications to user that their friends are near.

Making history: Big data will change the IT org chart

Irfan Khan — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Taking the helm on a big data project could help make the case that a CIO should report to the CEO, not CFO.

Microsoft beats data-sorting record with new approach

IDGNS staff — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:56:14 +0000

Besting a record set by Yahoo in 2009, the research arm of Microsoft have deployed a new technique for quickly sorting large amounts of data, called Flat Datacenter Storage (FDS).

BI careers stuck in doldrums; business ties, big data could put wind in sails

Irfan Khan — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000

BI analysts lag behind most other IT professionals in terms of pay, but there's anecdotal evidence that big data can boost careers and wages as projects proliferate.

Up-and-coming tech jobs

IDGNS staff — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:54:27 +0000

Big changes in IT are spawning a new class of tech job titles. Here are a few up-and-comers -- and a rundown of the skills you need to land these positions.

Red Hat CEO: The nuts and bolts of open source

bproffitt — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:29:29 +0000

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst lays out a compelling vision of open source's critical place in IT history and its future.

Silver Peak bolsters virtual WAN optimization software

IDGNS staff — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:27:31 +0000

Silver Peak today upgraded the software for its WAN appliance to handle automated optimization for TCP and non-TCP traffic, 512,000 simultaneous connections for 10 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) infrastructures and support for a bunch of common hypervisors.

Yahoo's Genome highlights hosted big data analytics trend

IDGNS staff — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:11:25 +0000

Yahoo joined a growing list of companies offering big data analytics as a service with its Genome offering this week.

Equifax eyes are watching you -- big data means big brother

IDGNS staff — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:00:25 +0000

As one of three credit bureaus in the United States, Equifax keeps financial data on every adult in America, plus people in 16 other countries. But the company knows much more than just what goes into an old-fashioned credit score.