Data lakes have been widely misunderstood, but they are now benefiting from new best practices -- helping organizations gain significant value.
                    
			            - By Dale  Kim
 - February 16, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    To get full business value from big data and other new data sources, many organizations use a data lake atop Hadoop to capture, process, and manage diverse data at scale for business analytics.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
 - February 2, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data lakes disturb me. It's the shallowness of the definition that concerns me the most.
                    
			            - By Barry  Devlin
 - January 31, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Pessimists are predicting the end of Hadoop -- "peak Hadoop," in the words of one influential analyst. Optimists say Hadoop's future is assured. Who's right? 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If you don't know where to start with big-data-as-a-service, upstart player Cazena says it has just the thing for you. Cazena markets managed data mart and data lake services -- with a twist.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When designed and managed properly, a data lake can enable faster, more trusted big data analytics.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
 - January 23, 2017
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The leading 2016 trends included Hadoop adoption, data lakes, and data warehouse modernization.  In 2017 we'll see new activity around the SQL-ization of Hadoop, orchestrated data hubs, and managing IoT sensor data.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
 - December 16, 2016
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the re:Invent conference, Amazon announced a slew of new products, services, and features, including a technology for querying against its S3 storage service and a new AI framework.
                    
			            - By Steve  Swoyer
 - December 6, 2016