Yahoo big–data spin-off Hortonworks to raise 0m in Nasdaq stock market …
The initial public offering of Yahoo big-data spin-off Hortonworks has moved a step closer after the company revealed its IPO price. Founded only in 2011, Hortonworks' shares will be offered at $ 16 each, with the expectation that it will raise some … Read more on Computing
Will the EU data protection regulations shoot down cloud social media and big…
And the challenge of regulating data as those shifts have taken place – the growth of the internet, social media, cloud computing and big data, for example – has been compounded by the different ways in which the Data Protection Directive has been … Read more on Computing
Living On the Edge With Fog Computing
So much data, so many data points. Information and data analytics are becoming crucial for organizations to understand both their business and the consumer. With edge/Fog computing, big data and analytics can be done faster with better results. Complex … Read more on Data Center Knowledge
This book covers the latest advances in Big Data technologies and provides the readers with a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in Big Data processing, analysis, analytics, and other related topics. It presents new models, algorithms, software solutions and methodologies, covering the full data cycle, from data gathering to their visualization and interaction, and includes a set of case studies and best practices. New research issues, challenges and opportunities shaping the future ag
How companies use the cloud for big-data analytics
Large organizations are now showing real signs of adopting cloud computing for certain applications and a few forward-thinking enterprises are formulating the concept of data as a service, based on performing big-data analytics in the cloud. However … Read more on Gigaom
Why IBM and Twitter did a data analytics deal
Last week, IBM IBM 0.84% and Twitter TWTR 4.52% announced a data analytics partnership that in essence allows the former to incorporate the latter's data into its products for businesses. They're unlikely bedfellows to say the least, but there's a … Read more on Fortune
SDSC Creating BigData Top100 List
As an application-level benchmark, the list will complement other rankings of high-performance computing (HPC) systems, such as the Top500 and Graph500. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has defined big data as “large, diverse, complex … Read more on HPCwire
Digital River Names David C. Dobson as Chief Executive Officer
Dobson was responsible for leading CA's broad portfolio of products and solutions for mainframe, distributed and cloud computing environments. His team played a key role in repositioning CA as a market leader in cloud enablement solutions, as well as … Read more on EcommerceBytes Press Release (press release)