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How Spark and RapidMiner are helping to create ‘citizen data scientists’ | #SparkSummit
On one side of the aisle in Big Data, you have the glass-half-empty folks who warn that this is new technology and actual use-cases are still sparse. On the other side, you have glass-half-full people, like Peter Lee, CEO of Rapid-I Inc. (dba. RapidMiner), who sees the day coming when use of “citizen data scientists” ...
Can Spark data tools stamp out cyber crime? | #SparkSummit
There’s a new cyber crime in town, and in ways it’s bigger and badder than identity theft and credit card fraud. Ad fraud is the sophisticated new way fraudsters make money online — lots of it. Advertisers will lose an estimated $7.2 billion to ad fraud this year — that is unless Tamer Hassan, cofounder and ...
Big Data: Are we there yet? When will the ‘new technology smell’ wear off? | #SparkSummit
It seems like every week there’s a story in the news about some fascinating new use for Big Data, be it revealing dating people’s preferences or CIA-level spying. What this buzz belies is the relative newness of this technology and the ongoing frustration some IT professionals feel in trying to standardize it for use in ...
Is Apache Big Data’s center of gravity? | #SparkSummit
Big Data clearly offers a rich source of uses for companies to understand their businesses and improve their performances. The race is on to become the go-to provider of services and software for companies ready to enter the Big Data era. The game belongs to simplicity and ease of use, according to Shaun Connolly, VP ...
VxRail allows simplicity and elasticity at the same time | #thecube
As the boom in turnkey IT rolls on, customers are looking to strike the perfect balance between simplicity and elasticity. How much customization do you forgo for the ability to set it and forget it? VCE President Chad Sakac is proudly obsessed with making his company the choice for customers at every point of the ...
Is software-defined the headache medicine for Big Data? | #SparkSummit
These days everyone is in a tizzy about Big Data — its uses, its implementation, its benefits. No one wants to be left out of the party, but the complexities are proving to be as large as the promise it holds. Companies are still in the stage of figuring it all out, according to Tendu ...
How one company plans to lead enterprises through the blockchain maze | #BlockChain
Despite the steady hype around blockchain, many individuals and businesses still find dealing with the technology dauntingly complex. But just-launched Tendermint ( ALL IN BITS, INC) wants to be the go-between and make blockchain simpler to utilize and understand. Specifically, the company provides a tool for simplifying blockchains for enterprises small to large. Tendermint President ...
The blockchain: A new tech and finance tango | #BlockChain
The financial industry’s interest in bitcoin and the blockchain continues to build, and 2016 may be the year that rocks the Richter scale. Blockchain technology is useful for reducing cost and friction and tackles the industry’s transparency concerns, according to Pete Harris, principal of Lighthouse Partners and event producer and conference chair of the Block ...
Has blockchain’s Napster moment arrived? | #BlockChain
New technologies large and small spark to life all the time. Some make a brief flash and fizzle out, and some burst into supernovas that change industries and regular consumers’ lives. At the Block Chain Conference in San Francisco, Jeff Frick, cohost of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, had a chance to talk to some ...
Want to start your own blockchain in 60 seconds or less? | #BlockChain
The non-financial uses for blockchain protocol originated by Bitcoin are cropping up all over, and the race is on to be the database of choice. Ascribe, one of the first non-financial use cases, leveraged blockchain to help artists and creators keep track of intellectual property. Bruce Pon, founder and CEO at ascribe GmbH, has decided ...
