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Are Hadoop's Best Days Behind It -- Or Still Ahead?

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?

Data Digest: Analytics for City Services, Social Media Analytics in Healthcare, Defining Machine Learning

How data analytics might improve city life, drug manufacturers should use social media data, and the difference between AI and machine learning.

Data Stories: Analyzing Music and Movies

Collecting and analyzing data can provide a new view of many different industries. These articles quantify classic rock, Beatles songs, and talented actors.

5 Minutes with a CEO: Wil Benton of Chew

What's it like to run a company that manages a live streaming service? The CEO of a digital business must handle analytics daily in order to compete and grow.

Data Digest: Using Analytics in Firefighting, E-Commerce, and Real Estate

Learn how sensor data is helping firefighters, AI is transforming online retail, and data science is changing the real estate market.

Our Robot Overlords Are Coming -- Soon

So-called smart machines will be used in nearly one-third of large enterprises by 2021. That's tantamount to mainstream adoption.

5 Minutes with a CIO: Derek Kramer of Service King

Embedding analytics into daily operations has increased data-driven business decisions for this auto repair provider, in turn increasing productivity and efficiency.

Cazena: Managed Big-Data-as-a-Service Made Easy

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.

Data Lake Management Innovations

When designed and managed properly, a data lake can enable faster, more trusted big data analytics.