zdnet on big data

Big Data: In conclusion
Some closing thoughts about Big Data, in my last post as ZDNet's Big on Data guy.

Hortonworks announces Data Platform 2.1
Hortonworks' leading Hadoop distro now includes Stinger, Solr, Storm, security and governance, on Windows and Linux.

Pivotal Big Data Suite released
Pivotal reveals its strategy for unifying different data technologies: License them all together.

SAP loads BW onto HANA bandwagon
SAP's promise to bring all its products onto HANA gains credibility today as Business Warehouse 7.4 signs on.

Cloudera’s show of numbers
Cloudera has raised a bunch of money. Again. In this guest post, Tony Baer explains what the new investment means for Cloudera, Hadoop...

Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 crowns Redmond's data platform
The next release of Redmond's flagship relational database is done. In-memory computing; cloud and hybrid scenarios; and enhanced data warehousing capabilities are the product's...

Tableau and Splunk partner up
The darling of data discovery and the master of machine data offer tight integration.

Apache Spark becomes top-level project
The Hadoop-based in-memory cluster computing engine moves from Apache incubator status to top-level project

IBM to acquire Cloudant
And so the consolidation begins. Megavendor IBM agrees to acquire prominent NoSQL player Cloudant.

SiSense revamps its analytics/data discovery tool
SiSense 5 showcased at Strata; sports squeaky-clean, mobile-friendly, browser-based interface.