How is Apache Spark, an engine for Big Data processing, being used in the lives of real-life customers? Day Two of Spark Summit East 2016 kicked off with a keynote session explaining Spark Streaming by Databricks, Inc. (which enables interactive and analytical applications across both streaming and historical data), along with fascinating use-cases of Spark ...

How are businesses using Apache Spark to play with data? Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (HPE) has some insight into what customers need and want when it comes to using Spark. Chris Selland, VP of business development, Big Data, at HPE, spoke with Jeff Frick and George Gilbert, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media ...

When the Hadoop project (an open-source software for reliable, scalable, distributed computing) began, it became clear that things were far too complicated. So Databricks, Inc. set out to simplify the Big Data process with the Apache Spark project. Dave Vellante and George Gilbert, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, set down at Spark ...

Big data has been a trending topic in 2015, but some are predicting that Big Data isn’t as big of a deal as everyone has hyped it up to be. Data is growing faster than it’s ever grown before — about 1.7 megabytes of information will be created every second for each human being by 2020. ...

New innovations in Virtual Reality (VR) took 2015 by storm, moving out of just the gaming world and into the mainstream. The potential market for home VR systems could reach $10.4 billion by 2020. So what are the predictions for 2016? We asked experts to weigh in on trends in VR for 2016. Leading players ...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how people function — from smartphones to smart homes and everything in between. As people and things become increasingly connected via the Cloud, new horizons loom. By 2020, the amount of Internet-connected things will reach 50 billion, with $19 trillion in profits and cost savings coming from IoT ...

One of the most controversial data breaches of 2015 was the Ashley Madison scandal. This particular breach also added the additional bonus of smearing the end-user’s name. What kind of impact will the Ashley Madison case have for future cybersecurity threats? What does it mean for both a business and an end-user? We asked the ...

As the cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow, so grows the reality of bigger security threats. The average consolidated total cost of a data breach is $3.8 million, according to a study by IBM. This represents a 23 percent increase since 2013. In October, President Obama proposed a $14 billion budget for ...

As cloud computing continues to dominate the scene in 2015, more and more enterprises are having to wrestle through cloud implementation. While IBM continued to invest and dominate with its cloud services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) linked up with Accenture PLC to help customers move to the Amazon cloud. In fact, according to RightScale, Inc.’s 2015 State ...

Data analytics hold vast potential in 2016, pushing companies into whole new terrain and even helping predict the next U.S. president. Data blending and advanced analytics company Alteryx, Inc. recently hosted a webinar alongside Cloudera, Inc. and Tableau Software, Inc. in which they presented trends in data analytics for 2016. The webinar included Bob Laurent, senior ...