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HP Readies ConvergedSystems For SAP HANA
HP to launch the first converged infrastructure system for SAP HANA, the database for analytics and big data
Cloudera Gains £97m With Fresh VC Funding
Venture capitalists continue to invest large amounts into the Hadoop-based Big Data start-up
Import.io: Semantic Web Is Dead, Long Live Structured Web!
Andrew Fogg, Chief Data Officer at Import.io, wants to start a movement to improve the Web, by turning any website into a spreadsheet
IBM CIO Study Finds Strong Focus On Customer
Technology executives are increasingly focused primarily on customer satisfaction, according to the study
London-Based Viewsy’s Retail Analytics Wins CeBIT Code_n Competition
Viewsy beats 49 Big Data start-ups from all over the world to be named the winner of Code_n 2014
Software AG Announces Intelligent Business Operations Platform – CeBIT 2014
Software AG's CEO, Karl-Heinz Streibich, tells CeBIT he wants businesses to transform into digital enterprises by analysing data faster and more efficiently
Microsoft HereHere Social Platform Aims To Improve Community Engagement
Microsoft's HereHere uses social media and big data analytics to help users engage with events in their local area
IBM Study Finds Big Data Boosts CFO Effectiveness
The study found that 82 percent of chief financial officers see the value of large-scale analytics, but only a few think their teams are prepared to make use of it
Big Data Firms Predict Mainstream Adoption In 2014
Get on board the big data train now, or surrender the advantage to competitors, warns an industry panel
Code_N Competition Is Bringing 50 Big Data Start-Ups To CeBIT
The finalists will be surrounded by a 12-metre tall data visualisation artwork
Intel Touts High-End Xeon Chips For Big Data
The updated Intel Xeon E7 chip lineup offers up to 15 cores and a number of performance improvements
HP Was Aware Of Autonomy’s Accounting Practices – Report
HP may have been aware of certain key accounting practices by Autonomy before a whistleblower supposedly stepped forward
Open Data Institute Signs Up Five More International Partners
Osaka, Seoul, Sheffield, Philadelphia and Hawaii join the global movement to make better use of public sector data
HP Opens Portal For Vertica Big Data Developers
HP's Vertica Marketplace is a hub where developers, partners and customers can share tools created for the Vertica analytics platform
First UK Data Science Summer School To Open In August
The free five week course was developed by Pivigo Academy specifically for academics
IBM Technology Speeds Data Transfer
An analogue-to-digital converter developed by IBM could help improve Internet transfer speeds
Intel Software Suite Launch Targets Big Data Analytics
Intel builds upon its Hadoop distribution with the introduction of the Intel Data Platform for big data analytics
5 Myths of Dimensional Modelling
Data warehouses should be fast and accessible. Data modelling is the way to ensure this, says Ralph Kimball
Cloudera Offers Apache Spark For Hadoop Big Data
Creator of Hadoop Doug Cutting says the use of MapReduce engine for Big Data projects will decline, replaced by Apache Spark
Red Hat, Hortonworks Expand Hadoop Partnership
Hortonworks and Red Hat are to broaden their partnership with planned products including an HDP plug-in for Red Hat Storage
Microsoft Officially Brings Power BI Analytics To Office 365
Microsoft's business intelligence release brings big data analytics to one billion Office users
Government Invests £73m In UK Big Data
David Willetts has announced £73m of new funding for 55 projects related to data analytics, including the establishment of four research centres at English universities
Quiz Of The Week: Big Data
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Twitter Starts Taking Applications For ‘Data Grants’
A few lucky research organisations will get free access to the platform's public and historical data
Learning Data Visualisation
To understand and communicate data, you must visualise it - for yourself and for other people - says Nathan Yau
Splunk Delivers Eclipse Plug-In
Splunk has added an Eclipse plug-in and updated its Python development kit as it seeks to drum up developer enthusiasm
Extreme Networks’ Purview Turns Net Management Into Big Data
Data capture from networks could drive business decisions, says Extreme Networks
Autonomy IDOL 10.5 Strengthens Ties With HP HAVEn Big Data Platform
HP Autonomy CTO Fernando Luicini explains closer integration with Hadoop, Vertica and ArcSight
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