Amazon is one of a "Gang of Four" -- the others are Microsoft, IBM, and Google -- that control the cloud hosting market. Amazon and AWS have more than twice the share of runner-up Microsoft.
- By Steve Swoyer
- August 30, 2016
This week, Teradata announced four new Analytics Accelerators for IoT and made good on a promise to port its Aster discovery platform to Hadoop -- and to Amazon's AWS.
- By Steve Swoyer
- August 26, 2016
Because Spark can run independently of Hadoop, some see the two as competitors. However, these technologies can complement each other depending on enterprise needs.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- August 22, 2016
Gartner's Merv Adrian dropped a bombshell last month, predicting that Hadoop as we know it may soon cease to exist.
- By Steve Swoyer
- August 15, 2016
How do NoSQL databases distribute data in order to provide low-cost elastic scalability?
- By William McKnight
- August 9, 2016
It's cheaper than ever to host data processing workloads on IBM's zSeries mainframes. Now Rocket Software is touting the hitherto unthinkable: data virtualization for big iron.
- By Steve Swoyer
- August 8, 2016
An increasing variety of data types, analytics needs, and business uses drive data architecture decisions today. Follow this real-world, informal evaluation of SQL, NoSQL, and Hadoop solutions that address a business use case.
- By Jake Dolezal
- August 3, 2016
According to the latest revenue reports, Amazon Web Services is a bona fide giant in data management and analytics, and it's poised to get even bigger.
- By Steve Swoyer
- July 29, 2016