It’s a pretty standard rule-of-thumb for successful IT organizations: Identify a compelling use case first, and then invest in the applicable technology. But what if the technology doesn’t exist yet?

The big thing in Big Data this year might not be the data, but the applications. It’s oxymoronic, I know, but it’s not the first time we’ve heard this. As I shared last year, SAP already contends that ...

Apache Hadoop’s computing and storage capabilities are persuading many CIOs to make the move to this distributed computing architecture. Unfortunately, the unreliability of some Hadoop distributions ...

eSpeaks host Corey Noles sits down with Qualcomm's Craig Tellalian to explore a workplace computing transformation: the rise of AI-ready PCs. Matt Hillary, VP of Security and CISO at Drata, details ...

Anyone who thought Hadoop was a fly-by-night technology was wrong. Hadoop has rapidly evolved—improving and gaining mainstream adoption as a technology and framework for enabling data applications ...

Auto-synchronizes storage, database and search within and across data centers SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 9, 2015– MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for ...

Hadoop’s capabilities now make it possible to stream data into the cluster and analyze it in an interactive fashion—both in real time. Hadoop was purpose-built for cost-effective analysis of data sets ...

As enterprise-critical decision support fully embraces big data, confusion has grown on how to best satisfy increasing demand for ever larger data analytics. Some have questioned whether Hadoop will ...

Within enterprise data centers, Hadoop is a shiny new toy—the same place where the mainframe is sometimes thought of as a dinosaur. Yet the two have some things in common. Both are used as large scale ...

This week's O'Reilly Strata and Hadoop World conference in New York has attracted a wide range of IT vendors, from industry leaders like IBM and Hewlett-Packard to companies established in the Hadoop ...

North America holds the largest share of the Hadoop market, driven by the presence of major companies and widespread adoption of Hadoop applications. The Asia Pacific region is poised to witness the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about AI, big data and data science. In 2013, I spent a lot of time talking about Hadoop's development towards being a ...