Can we afford big data, or do we need smart data?
Over at Xaprb there is an article about the current trend for Big Data; to store everything whether it is used or not. “I think most Big Data is utter garbage, collected in the hope that it might be...
View ArticleBugSense – Using Erlang, C and Lisp with Big Data
The High Scalability Blog has an article from BugSense regarding their usage of Erlang, C and Lisp with Big Data: “To answer ad-hoc questions fast on a huge dataset (e.g., “How many unique users with...
View ArticleAmazon Redshift – petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud
Amazon today announced Redshift which is their fully managed petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud. Offering you a simple interface to set up a cluster and query data using the same SQL...
View ArticleBig data will play key role in future of security
A post at darkreading.com describes how Big Data will affect security. “Within the next two years, we predict big data analytics will disrupt the status quo in most information security product...
View ArticleBig Data at Torbit: A Trillion Queryable Performance Metrics (and counting)
RUM company Torbit have produced a blog post describing how Big Data is used at Torbit and how they deal with a trillion queryable performance metrics. Collecting 6 million pieces of user data each...
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