Big Data and Data Analytics - News, Trends and Analysis

7 Companies Streaming Real-Time Data to Drive Innovation SLIDESHOW

Darryl K. Taft | November 13, 2015

Now that big data is a reality for businesses of every size, companies must seek technologies that bring data into view in real time to be competitive. New technologies—including Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, in-memory databases and in-memory file systems—are innovative approaches to streaming...

New Relic Aims to Make Big Data Access Easier With Analytics Cloud

David Needle | November 13, 2015

Software analytics firm New Relic kicked off its user conference with the announcement of more visual tools to discover data insights through its Analytics Cloud for big data.

10 Pitfalls That Can Undermine Big Data Analytics' Potential SLIDESHOW

Darryl K. Taft | November 06, 2015

The honeymoon phase of big data analytics is beginning to end. After the initial whirlwind romance with flashy demos and sleek visualization tools, businesses are now coming to terms with the reality of implementation. In many cases, it isn't going well. Why? No specialty analytics tool can...

Big Data Analysis of Debate Shows Ted Cruz Grabbed Viewers' Attention

Wayne Rash | October 29, 2015

NEWS ANALYSIS: An expanded analysis of voter sentiment and reactions to the Republican candidates' debate conducted by CNBC on Oct. 28 produced some surprising results.

Microsoft Releases Project Oxford Machine-Learning Beta VIDEO

eWEEK Staff | October 29, 2015

DAILY VIDEO: Microsoft Project Oxford natural-language machine-learning beta debuts; Chase to launch its own mobile payments service; IBM buys The Weather Company's digital assets; and there's more.

Oracle, Intel Aim to Take On IBM in the Data Center VIDEO

eWEEK Staff | October 28, 2015

DAILY VIDEO: Oracle, Intel target IBM Power with migration program; Cisco exposes, helps patch multiple NTP vulnerabilities; IBM launches data insight services with Twitter, The Weather Company; and there's more.

Why Relational Databases Don't Handle Big Data Well SLIDESHOW

Chris Preimesberger | October 26, 2015

Enterprises are confronting the reality of big, fast, varied and changing data. It's no longer about managing a small number of systems, but rather hundreds of systems and petabytes of data. Smart companies know that managing large volumes of structured and unstructured data, known as big data,...