DataStax snaps up Aurelius and its Titan team to build new graph databaseThe prize in DataStax's acquisition of open-source firm Aurelius is not the Titan database but rather engineering expertise, which will be used in developing a new graph database.February 3, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data Analytics
IoT: How Software AG and Wipro are teaming up over Looking Glass analytics platformThe platform for developing internet-of-things analytics apps combines Wipro's support services with Software AG's streaming analytics product suite.January 23, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data Analytics
With IBM Power8 deal and Oracle backing for Cypher project, graph database Neo4j 2.3 is now outOn top of new features in the latest release of the graph database, Neo4j is being tuned for IBM hardware while Neo's query language Cypher gets its own open-source project.October 21, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data Analytics
Apache Spark 1.4 adds R language and hardened machine-learningWith support for stats language R, along with a range of new features, the latest update to in-memory data-processing engine Apache Spark is now out.June 12, 2015 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data
Big data analytics: Why UK military must bite the bulletThe British military establishment collects more data than it can analyse, and it's time to address the issue, warns an influential think tank.September 20, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data
Hadoop and big data: Where Apache Slider slots in and why it mattersHadoop veteran Arun Murthy says Apache Slider will have a major bearing on the future versatility and take-up of the distributed big-data technology.April 4, 2014 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data
Look at what Google and Amazon are doing with databases: That's your futureIt may seem unlikely that ordinary firms will ever be able to emulate the resource-rich web giants when it comes to data architectures. But that possibility may be closer than you think, says Neo Technology CEO Emil Eifrem.November 3, 2014 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data
Big data: What to trust – data science or the boss's sixth sense?While the technology to run big-data projects may be opening up to more firms, progress has been hampered by a lack of skills and a corporate preference for gut instinct.February 20, 2014 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data
Big data: Why most businesses just don't get itBig data could be the answer to all their problems but the trouble is most businesses may be failing to ask the right questions, according to analyst firm Gartner.February 15, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data
Spotify changes tune on Hadoop with switch to HortonworksHortonworks gets the nod from online music service Spotify, which has picked its Hadoop distro for one of Europe's biggest commercial clusters.September 16, 2013 by Toby Wolpe in Big Data