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Q&A With Dr. Jan de Jeu, Finding Common Ground in Big Data « A …

Dr. Jan de Jeu, vice president of the University of GroningenA few weeks ago IBM, ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, and the University of Groningen (UoG) formed the European Research Center for Exascale Technology (ERCET) to address some of the greatest societal challenges facing The Netherlands today including energy, healthcare and water management.One of the orchestrators of the […]

2014 Israel – Gaza Conflict: Twitter Sentiment Analysis by …

Digital War [Publisher’s Note: This article arrived yesterday August 5, 2014, but is being published on August 6, 2014]Today at 8AM a cease fire has been declared in operation Protective Edge. The public discussion over the operation, however, will stay with us for a long time. Public opinion is one of the key influence factors on countries and people behavior. […]

Stock Market Pop-n-drop Friday? :: The Market Oracle :: Financial …

Stock Market Pop-n-drop Friday?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 06, 2014 – 03:25 PM GMTBy: Anthony_Cherniawski

SPX is against the hourly Cycle Top and upper trendline o fits Broadening Top formation. It may have completed a Micro Wave [3] of Sub-Minuette Wave v yesterday. One more surge to go. My Model suggests resistance at 1943.00, but Wave […]

Technical Analysis: Looking Beyond The Nasdaq Head-and …

The Nasdaq-100 (INDEXNASDAQ:NDX) continues to build out a medium-term Head & Shoulders Top pattern that began developing during December 2013′s Santa Claus rally.  Aside from noting the dark irony of how that stupefyingly bullish phenomenon has been appropriated by a much larger bearish pattern, know from the start the H&S Top remains a potential pattern only, albeit with a clean […]

Big Data News: Hortonworks, MapR, SAS | Data Center Knowledge

Hortonworks innovates the latest open enterprise Hadoop with release 2.1 of its Hortonworks Data Platform, MapR expands big data search with Elasticsearch, and SAS updates its Master Data Management and SAS Federation Server software.Hortonworks launches HDP 2.1.  Hortonworks announced the availability of  its open enterprise Hadoop platform Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 2.1.  HDP 2.1 delivers required enterprise functionality for data management, data access, data […]

2 Stocks For The Ultimate Pairs Trade (MA,V) – Investopedia

Since the 1980s, one of the most well-known and heavily used strategies among hedge funds and portfolio managers has been pairs trading.#-ad_banner-#Classified as a market-neutral trading strategy, pairs trades attempt to do away with the unpredictable up and down moves of the overall market that often take individual stocks with them. Instead, those who employ a pairs trade aim to […]

Closed-End Funds: The Best Way To Play An Elevated Stock Market …

SummaryStock benchmarks at elevated levels offer limited potential for upside.
Closed-end funds create strong alternatives for those looking to gain stock exposure.
NAV discounts and elevated dividends support the outlook for CEN and JGT.
Stock markets have shown some pretty clear trends in […]

Stock Market SPX Pop-N-Drop Appears Likely :: The Market Oracle …

Stock Market SPX Pop-N-Drop Appears LikelyStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Mar 11, 2014 – 02:59 PM GMTBy: Anthony_Cherniawski

After a flat overnight market, the SPX is bid higher in the Pre-market. It appears that a Minor C or Minute Wave [c] is in progress, with Waves 1-2-3-4 complete. My Model suggests resistance at 1880.63, so we could […]

Guest Post: The Stock Market's Shaky Foundation | Zero Hedge

Submitted by Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.comThe Stock Market’s Shaky FoundationAccording to the stock markets in the US and in Europe, the world’s economy is not just in good shape, but is in the best shape it’s ever been. The S&P 500 hit an intraday new record high of 1,858.71 on Feb 24, 2014, and is now 18.6% above the peak […]

The Key For Hadoop Adoption: Learning How To Make Big Data Small

As the poster child for Big Data, Hadoop has been both a blessing and curse for enterprise big data adoption. Powerful but complex, many enterprises have preferred to wait for something easier to come along before rolling out a big data project.
The wait is over. Hadoop has been progressing at such a torrid pace, with significant ease-of-use enhancements from […]