‘The Buyers Arrive’ — A Round-Up Of Strata 2014 In Santa Clara


Strata, like any O’Reilly Media conference, will always celebrate the power of raw technology, the speeds and feeds. But this year, based on the keynotes, the vendors, and the attendees it is clear...

Big Data Solutions Through The Combination Of Tools


By Ben Lorica As a user who tends to mix-and-match many different tools, not having to deal with configuring and assembling a suite of tools is a big win. So I’m really liking the recent trend...

Big Data Systems Are Making A Difference In The Fight Against Cancer


By Ben Lorica As open source, big data tools enter the early stages of maturation, data engineers and data scientists will have many opportunities to use them to “work on stuff that matters.” Along...
    






Revealing Data Science’s Job Potential


Data Science is gaining traction in the industry, as analytics, data collection, sensors, and Big Data become a more regular part of our online existence. O’Reilly Media, Inc. recently released a...
    






The Data Lake Dream


How will enterprise data architecture evolve over the next five years? In 2013, I spent a lot of time talking about Hadoop’s development towards being a central destination for data. Hadoop may enter...