TempoDB, a Chicago-based startup that began as a database company for time-series data, has changed its name to TempoIQ and is now trying to become the go-to analytics platform for sensor… Read more »
Implementing a contiguous, enterprise-wide data storage architecture can be used to break down the barriers and relieve applications of the burden of data silos. Read more »
Tableau Software was born of academic research, and as the company grows it’s building an R&D division to help build a pipeline of innovation. Jock Mackinlay, a Tableau VP who heads… Read more »
Facebook is constantly experimenting on its users by tweaking the newsfeed in both large and small ways, a former member of the company’s data science team confirms, and some of the… Read more »
Speak into the mic: The latest Edward Snowden revelations about the tremendous scope of NSA data collection on ordinary Americans (e.g. non targets) is really not news. The week in cloud… Read more »
According to a massive cache of emails, chat conversations and other information leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the agency captured the private data of tens of thousands of ordinary… Read more »
There was a lot of news about Spark’s ascension in the big data ranks this week, as well as some speculation. According to Cloudera’s Mike Olson, his company is widely embracing… Read more »
Twitter has released an analysis of activity on the social network during the overtime shootout period in last week’s World Cup match between Brazil and Chile. The pattern, which Twitter claims… Read more »
Advertising technology involves a formidable set of requirements, and a new category of database known as NewSQL is emerging to address multi-genre analytics. Read more »
Yahoo has released a massive dataset for researchers to experiment on. The dataset includes URLs for nearly 100 million images and 700,000 videos, as well as their metadata. Soon, a larger… Read more »