Big data is a moving target, and it comes in waves: before the dust from each wave has settled, new waves in data processing paradigms rise. Streaming, aka real-time / unbounded data processing, is ...

One feature of the big data revolution is the acknowledgement that a single database management system architecture cannot meet all needs. For instance, if you need a system that can reliably process ...

Recently the TABB Group, a consultancy focused exclusively on capital markets, published a report on Real-Time Big Data Analytics in Financial Services. That, in itself, is a tell-tale sign: big data ...

The capability to analyze data as it is collected allows a company to reach solutions to business problems immediately, rather than weeks or months later when sales opportunities have already been ...

In this special guest feature, Elaine Wang, CEO of MCoreLab, discusses the key platform requirements and architectural considerations for real-time big data analytics, and provide insights from best ...

Intro GPS systems and Location Based Services give access to an important amount of data that is currently being used mostly for traffic analysis - but which, if properly processed, could open up ...

Viacom, owner of household brands such as Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV, is one of the largest media companies in the world, delivering more than 170 cable, broadcast and online networks in ...

Datawatch Corporation, a provider of information optimization solutions, has agreed to acquire Panopticon Software AB, a privately held Swedish company specializing in the delivery of real-time visual ...

In the first half of this JavaWorld introduction to Apache Kafka, you developed a couple of small-scale producer/consumer applications using Kafka. From these exercises you should be familiar with the ...

In this special guest feature, Charles Fan, CEO of MemVerge, believes that in the years ahead, the data universe will continue to expand, and the new normal will be real-time analytics and AI/ML ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. What is “Big Data”? Big Data refers to the vast volumes of structured and unstructured data that are too complex and large for ...

When the big data movement started it was mostly focused on batch processing. Distributed data storage and querying tools like MapReduce, Hive, and Pig were all designed to process data in batches ...