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Netflix Binges in Real Time on Its Own Data Streams
The massive steaming service relies on cloud services for its computing and storage needs. Its challenge: keeping this extensive network operating at …
How AI and Cognitive Science Can Beat Addiction Treatment Fraud
Free guide: Download this report and and learn how artificial intelligence and cognitive science can prevent criminals from exploiting addicts for …
How Twitter Overcame Its Real-Time Data Challenges
Learn how Twitter addressed its real-time processing needs with a distributed, and fault-tolerant-stream processing
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Internet of Things
Why the Industrial IoT Needs an Open-Source Edge Platform
The Industrial IoT could be left with dozens of platforms and a huge device and systems integration headache. IOTech’s Keith Steele and Andrew Foster write that an open-source platform with industry partnerships …
Blockchain, IoT, AI Will Converge in Healthcare
In the next five to 10 years, a blockchain ecosystem with healthcare-focused use cases will
Finding Value With Edge Computing: Q&A With MapR’s Jack Norris
“If your organization benefits from distributed data sources, it’s not a question of whether to perform edge processing, the question is
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Big Data
Why PostgreSQL should power GPU databases and analytics platforms
A turbo-charged version of PostgreSQL uses GPUs to massively accelerate what the popular database already does so well.
Lessons from LinkedIn: Faster Insights Through a Unified Data Ecosystem
LinkedIn implemented Apache Kafka to handle real-time data feeds and constructed “Gobblin,” a data integration and ingestion
Streaming Analytics Basics: Kafka, Spark, and Cassandra
The Kafka-Spark-Cassandra pipeline has proved popular because Kafka scales easily to a big firehose of incoming events, to the order of 100,000/second and
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Analytics
How Twitter Overcame Its Real-Time Data Challenges
Learn how Twitter addressed its real-time processing needs with a distributed, and fault-tolerant-stream processing
Using Microbiome Analytics to Improve Milk Safety
IBM and Cornell hope to use artificial intelligence to identify microrganisms in the milk supply
Taking On Next-Generation Cyberattacks With Streaming Analytics
In urgent situations, such as where a breach will be costly, or someone’s well-being is at risk, historical data and batch processing simply won’t cut
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Technologies and Tactics
Is Mobile the Answer to Failed Digital Transformations?
Driving digital transformation means more than throwing more technology at a given problem. Mobile access may be the first step in breaking the loop of rushed projects and subsequent
Why PostgreSQL should power GPU databases and analytics platforms
A turbo-charged version of PostgreSQL uses GPUs to massively accelerate what the popular database already does so well.
Hyperledger Blockchains Bring Maturity and Chaos
Hyperledger, the open source blockchain project, has released version 1.0 of its fabric framework. Rather than adding a bevy of new features, 1.0 focuses on better user interfaces and documentation, security, and a …