This is a guest post by Oliver Guinan, VP Ground Software, at Skybox Imaging. Oliver is a 15-year veteran of the internet industry and is responsible for all ground system design, architecture and implementation at Skybox. One of the great promises of the big data movement is using networks of ubiquitous sensors to deliver insights…
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Seeking nominations for the 2012 Government Big Data Solutions Award
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This post was contributed by Bob Gourley, editor, CTOvision.com. You are no doubt aware of the interesting situation we face with data today: The amount of data being created is growing faster than humans can analyze, but fast analysis over data can help humanity solve some very tough challenges. This fact is moving the globe…
How Treato Analyzes Health-related Social Media Big Data with Hadoop and HBase
This is a guest post by Assaf Yardeni, Head of R&D for Treato, an online social healthcare solution, headquartered in Israel. Three years ago I joined Treato, a social healthcare analysis firm to help treato.com scale up to its present capability. Treato is a new source for healthcare information where health-related user generated content (UGC)…
Thoughts on Cloudera and Cisco UCS reference architecture for Apache Hadoop
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Cloudera and Cisco jointly announced a reference architecture for running Cloudera’s Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH) and Cloudera Manager on Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) last November. It was the first Apache Hadoop reference architecture assembled by Cisco, and is proudly certified by Cloudera. I bring a different perspective on the Cloudera-Cisco relationship, as I…
Apache Hadoop Selected for the InfoWorld 2012 Technology of the Year Award
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Great news! The InfoWorld Tech Center has chosen Apache Hadoop for a 2012 Technology of the Year Award. Judged by InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers, the annual awards identify the best and most innovative products on the IT landscape. Winners are drawn from all of the products tested during the past year, with the…