In the ramp up to the Rio Olympics, USA Cycling Women’s Team Pursuit is boosting riders’ performance through connected devices and wearables that generate real-time insights via IBM’s Apache Spark cloud-based data analytics. Performance insights gained from data analytics are increasingly used as a training tool in the hyper-competitive field of top-tier sport, especially in […]
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“A lot of the data at rest will also move to data in motion as this technology matures.”
Confluent co-founder Neha Narkhede talks about the value of real time data processing, how data at rest may be data in motion but you just don’t know it, and how that may benefit us all.
IBM Launches A Cloud Data And Analytics Marketplace For Developers
IBM adds to their Cloud Data Services
Why Spark And Hadoop Are Both Here To Stay
Skip the hyperbole and the holy wars and get down to facts.
6 Reasons That Apache Spark Isn’t Flickering Out
Spark may be young, but it’s here to stay.
Big Data Depends On Big Community, Not Big Money
Oracle is increasingly irrelevant to projects like Apache Spark.
Batch Your Big Data Jobs—Or Stream Them?
Real-time alternatives to Hadoop may give you a choice.
How Open Source Succeeds In The Cloud—It Trades Freedom For Simplicity
As demonstrated by Amazon and Microsoft.
The Big-Data Tool Spark May Be Hotter Than Hadoop, But It Still Has Issues
It’s the cool kid these days, but it’s flunking some subjects.
Developers Are Adopting Java 8 In Droves
Thank lambdas!