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The State of Spark Adoption, Carefully Considered

The "Apache Spark Survey 2016," published last month, paints a promising picture of the Spark cluster computing platform's prospects.

Building Your Data Management Strategy

Is your data management strategy out of date?

Data Digest: Capturing Geospatial Data, Accurate Predictions, Big Data Problems

Today’s articles explain the ethical capture and use of geospatial data, what factors are improving predictive analytics, and how to solve common big data challenges.

Data Digest: Defending Against Ransomware, Using Geospatial Data

Today read ransomware advice from security experts and guidance about using geospatial data for applications such as logistics, fraud detection, and advertising.

Data Stories: Exploring Halloween Costumes and Candy

It’s almost Halloween -- time to explore costume trends and candy consumption with the help of a little data!

Why Databases Are Moving to the Cloud

A greater comfort with cloud deployment is emerging. Businesses that are migrating databases to the cloud or building databases there are usually doing so as a result of one of the factors outlined in this article.

5 Minutes with a Data Scientist and CEO: Ben Tai of DrivenBI

The biggest drawback to analytics: the complexity of today's tools. Tai's company is out to change that.

Five Minutes with a Chief Architect: Claus Jepsen of Unit4

Yes, we know you probably hate math and statistics. Deal with it -- if you want to be a top notch data scientist, that is.

Teradata Partners Recap

Teradata announced several new features and product updates at its 2016 Partners Conference, including the new IntelliFlex system and a major overhaul of its vaunted database optimizer.