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As more companies bring hyper-converged infrastructure offerings to the table, there will be a separation into small, mid-market, and upper-end players — and who comes out on top may surprise you. If you’re expecting legacy giants to pull ahead and dwarf smaller …
Can Spark do for machine learning what it’s done for data?
Data is rapidly simplifying, being democratized in part due to the work of open-source platform Apache Spark and its new release, Spark 2.0. Could the minds behind Spark’s data solutions make machine learning tasks just as manageable and intuitive for business environments? Joseph …
Double-team: The software/hardware sandwich that’s taking data up a level
As Spark pulls ahead as the data tool of choice for businesses, many software vendors will be dissecting their latest releases to discover what they’ve done differently. How is the open-source tool able to handle more data tasks with greater speed and accuracy? …
How Spark is transforming apps with data streaming
The real-time streaming enabled by Apache Spark 2.0, the newest version of the popular engine for Big Data processing, may be the best thing to happen to data so far this year. It’s difficult to think of another breakthrough that is solving …
Just do it: Declarative programming for simplifying data queries
“Needle in a haystack” is one of the most commonly used phrases in discussions about Big Data. It’s a big messy job, all the more frustrating, because with a vast data lake, you know the answer is there if you could just …
Questions out, decisions in: Cutting a path to monetizing data | #theCUBE
Do you work for one of the many companies waiting with bated breath for a vendor to deliver technology to answer all data questions? Think a shiny, patented software is going to come along and turn your data to dollars with the wave …
Controlled chaos: Can containers straighten OpenStack’s zigzag course? | #OpenStackSV
Depending on OpenStack for crucial operations can be tricky, even for venturesome businesses. The technology is young, and still has yet to hit its stride as far as standardization. But the open door to new, bleeding-edge technologies is part of the appeal …
VMworld preview: Changes jolt VMware; how will it deal? | #VMworld
VMware, Inc. has a lot to adjust to these days. With the ink still drying on EMC’s (VMware’s parent company) merger with Dell, Inc., no one knows for certain what kind of step-parent Dell will turn out to be. Will it allow …
How will digitization change the way industries operate? | #PredixTransform
IoT is rapidly spinning out to larger uses in industries old and new. Some that have operated on the same fundamentals for decades are now looking at major changes enabled by digitized innovation. Some contend that industries will see improvements from operations …
The edge or the cloud? Where should analytics be and when? | #PredixTransform
Laypeople may hear Internet of Things (IoT) and think of a sensor that collects data and sends it back to a cloud or on-prem data center for analytics. The reality is much more complex. IoT developers’ work involves the delicate balance between …