Big Data is attracting big money -- $100 million at Accel Partners, the VC firm. “Big data is one of the biggest transformational changes in the data center and IT landscape,” said Ping Li, a ...

Big data is a moving target, and it comes in waves: before the dust from each wave has settled, new waves in data processing paradigms rise. Streaming, aka real-time / unbounded data processing ...

Over the past few decades, data generation has veritably exploded. However, the ‘Big Data paradigm’ is not so much concerned with the volume of that data, but how businesses and, indeed ...

In the ever-expanding realm of data processing and analytics, two heavyweight contenders − massively parallel processing (MPP) and big data − have been vying for dominance.

Big data are part of a paradigm shift that is significantly transforming statistical agencies, processes, and data analysis. While administrative and satellite data are already well established, the ...

Apache Arrow defines an in-memory columnar data format that accelerates processing on modern CPU and GPU hardware, and enables lightning-fast data access between systems.

As digital marketers hone the complementary sciences of behavioral metrics, segmentation and targeting, the deluge of consumer data consistently overwhelms traditional processing technology. The ...

If your company needs high-performance computing for its big data, an in-house operation might work best. Here's what you need to know, including how high-performance computing and Hadoop differ.

Scientists have long been debating the extent to which a tsunami of data would change how they work. Ms Giannatti’s research into human mobility has been transformed in the past 20 years by vast ...