The combination will offer end-to-end big data solutions built from the ground up, says a company spokesperson.  We look at what’s ahead post-acquisition.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Recent advances in analytic technology have provided us with the horsepower necessary to harvest much more big data.
                    
			            - By Mike  Schiff
 - April 23, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Today, comparatively few enterprises are using HDFS, the distributed storage substrate of the Hadoop framework. That's quickly changing.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 23, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With big data everywhere, a skills shortage of workers with the necessary knowledge to work with it looms. 
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
 - April 23, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data management must achieve speed and scale, to support new data types and business requirements.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom, Ph.D.
 - April 16, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Never mind Java programmers or data scientists, there's an acute need for IT technologists with Hadoop management skills.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 16, 2013
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    UK-based Neutrino Concepts is taking search in a new direction -- delivering answers to questions, not a ranked list of results -- and helping users start data discovery in a whole new way.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - April 16, 2013