To many, Big Data goes hand-in-hand with Hadoop + MapReduce. But MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) and data warehouse appliances are Big Data technologies too. The MapReduce and MPP worlds have been pretty separate, but are now starting to collide. And that’s a good thing.
Cloudera has launched its Sentry security module for Hive and Impala. But is a more comprehensive security solution for Hadoop possible?
Iconic Hadoop player ships Hadoop 2.0-based version of its distro
The Tableau data exploration and visualization suite is now available in the cloud. The cost? $500 per user, per year.
In-memory databases are hot, but tiered storage may be our cooler destination.
Think analytics is just about data from databases, logs and sensor output? Think again. Analytics can actually help developers debug their apps and prioritize feature support.
DataStax Enterprise gets the Cassandra Query Language. And DataStax gets $45 million in new funding.
NewSQL vendor NuoDB says it can run 7,200 active databases on one HP Moonshot system. Add in temporarily dormant databases, and the density increases significantly.
With its 1.1 release, the "NewSQL" player strikes at the Microsoft ecosystem with ADO.NET, LINQ, and Entity Framework providers ... and a migration tool to poach databases from SQL Server.
Microsoft consolidates its PowerPivot, Power View, Data Explorer and GeoFlow properties into one self-service, cloud and mobile BI platform, delivered via Office 365.