Receding fears of further military action related to Russia’s annexation of Crimea helped benchmarks end in the green for the second straight day. The S&P 500 moved close to its record high following reports that Russia may not occupy other parts of Ukraine. The Nasdaq got a boost from the surge in technology stocks. Meanwhile, investors look forward to the […]
Fears of Russia’s possible economic isolation amid the political crisis in Ukraine have been causing investors to pull out their funds from the domestic stock exchange market, while international markets have been shaky as well.By midday on Friday the ruble-denominated MICEX fell 5 percent and the dollar-denominated RTS was down 5.5 percent, a low since August 2009. Both, however, later […]
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This week’s O’Reilly Strata Conference saw the usual slew of Big Data announcements from around the industry, but a handful of vendors managed to stand out from the crowd despite the overwhelming buzz. The first is Hadoop distributor MapR, which unleashed a string of new and updated products on day 1 of the Santa Clara event.The most notable addition to […]
It’s been an exciting month for the Big Data ecosystem, with Cloudera repackaging its portfolio in an effort to make Hadoop more accessible to organizations of different sizes. Two emerging players also made headlines with new solutions for developing analytical applications.Announced on Monday, the Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub combines the vendor’s open source distribution with a set of “advanced components” […]
As big data has evolved beyond buzzword status to become a substantive force that is helping business, government and individuals gain helpful insights, the issue of data privacy has moved to the forefront. While the quest for insight has rarely been stronger or more necessary, concern over protecting the privacy interests of individuals has given many parties pause.Looking at health […]
Yes, we have heard it all before. A new information technology comes along and it is lauded as a sure fire tool for solving intractable societal problems. We heard it with radio, computers and the Internet. And now the buzz is all about Big Data. The thing is, this time it could be true.Big Data (the collection and analysis of […]
Twitter bases the majority of its revenue on advertising in and around its main content river, but a new service from Thomson Reuters points to how it also continues to build up its position as a big-data provider to different vertical sectors. Thomson Reuters is now incorporating sentiment analysis gained from Twitter for its Eikon market analysis and trading platform. The […]
Big Data, as the name implies, relates to very large sets of data collected through free or commercial services on the internet.
This massive amount of data arises from sensors, posts to social networking sites, digital […]
Markets were closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day. Also, no economic data was released. After a mixed finish last week that was dominated by corporate results, investors are bracing for another busy week with 69 S&P 500 companies scheduled to release their performances this week.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read […]
