This post was written by Claudia Glasser, Director of Business Development here at Jump. You can reach her directly by commenting on this post.90 percent of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years. The electronic trails left by our business and personal activities, and now millions of connected machines, have given rise to […]
Couchbase, provider of a NoSQL database for storing and delivering several kinds of data at scale, announced today a substantial $60 million funding round, one that could help the startup’s technology become more widely used.With roots in the open-source CouchDB database, Couchbase stores data in JSON documents. This has caught on as an alternative to the relational style of databases that […]
As the need for new computing infrastructure tools accelerates, thanks to the demands of distributed computing and the proliferation of mobile devices, startups focused on new data management and data processing technologies are raising big rounds to propel the next generation of computing.Couchbase, which has raised $60 million in new financing from new investors WestSummit and Accel Growth Fund, is […]
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]]>SAN FRANCISCO — Google made a big contribution to the big data world 10 years ago, when it released a paper on MapReduce, a programming model for doing big computing jobs on hefty data sets. But it turns out that, all this time, Google has been working on something far more advanced.At Google’s annual I/O shindig today, the […]
Dear Lifehacker,I’ve been hearing more and more about “big data.” What is it, and is it something I should be worried about? Is this another way companies harvest my data and sell it? Sincerely,Bewitched by BuzzwordsDear Bewitched by Buzzwords,”Big data” is the latest tech industry buzz-phrase. Depending on who you ask, it either represents a threat to personal privacy, or […]
We examine the top 25 Big Data Infrastructure companies, part of CRN Big Data 100, which includes Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft.
By Grant Marshall, June 2014.The CRN 25 Big Data Infrastructure companies includes notable companies who provide the tools for other companies to handle and analyze big data.One interesting observation about the companies in this list compared to the […]
June 24, 2014Farm Data Means Big Bucks for Big Data FirmsBig Data companies such as Deere & Co and Monsanto’s Climate Corporation, which have partnered with farmers, retain ultimate control over growers’ field data they collect that could be worth billions — and that doesn’t sit well with farmers, Reuters reports.The companies’ tools help with precision planting, improved fuel efficiency, […]
It was a dark and narrow hallway. The conversation flowed in torrents . . . OK, OK! It wasn’t that melodramatic – and it certainly wasn’t fiction.Larry Lancaster, our chief data scientist, has earned a reputation for being at the center of whatever is “The Next Big” thing. When I joined Nimble Storage in late 2009, I knew we had […]
It’s been yet another exciting week in the fast-paced world of analytics with a string of updates spanning the entire data processing lifecycle, from the initial collection stage all the way to the visual presentation of the insights gained along the way. It was RapidMiner that fired the opening shot with the acquisition of fellow startup and longtime strategic partner […]
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