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The limits of hand-coding in the Big Data era

Traditionally, when the time comes to make a technology decision, organisations face two options: Either take a custom-coded or tool-based approach. The widespread adoption of big data technologies, especially Hadoop is forcing a similar decision.By Fran?ois Mero, ?Senior VP of Sales EMEA, Talend.  

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Databricks raises $60 million in Series C funding

Databricks has closed $60 million in a Series C funding round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Also participating in this round is existing Databricks investor, Andreessen Horowitz . The new funding round brings Databricks’ total funding to date to $107.5 million.

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Streaming analytics for South Africa

Liberty, one of Africa’s largest life insurance providers, is using the ExtraHop platform as a cornerstone of a large-scale performance management overhaul.

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MapR expands big data innovations with new MapR Ecosystem Pack

Data access, performance enhancements, and expanded support for next generation streaming architectures.

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KX, a worldwide leader in real-time streaming analytics, has partnered with Databricks, the data...
New innovations designed to accelerate customer initiatives across cloud data warehousing and data...
Lack of predictive analytics traps customers in vicious cycles based on their past selves.
Prerelational database management systems (DBMSs) are aging technology, and the number of...
Denodo says that its new Denodo Platform version 8.0 accelerates hybrid/multicloud integration,...
72 per cent recognise the benefits of analytics but only 39 per cent use it to inform strategy.
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Enhancing the dining experience for McDonald’s Belgium

McDonald’s Belgium partnered with Purple, Cisco Meraki and Socialspot to deliver a fast, free and secure guest WiFi network in over 80 restaurant locations across Belgium.

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