Feb 17, 2014
Intel has launched the Intel Data Platform, a software suite based on open source technologies designed to make it easier and faster for companies to analyse big data. In addition, the new Intel Data Platform: Analytics Toolkit (Intel Data Platform AT) will create a...
Feb 14, 2014
IBM says it has achieved a new technological advancement with a lab prototype that will help improve Internet speeds to between 200Gbps and 400Gbps at extremely low power. The speed boost is based on a device that can be used to improve transferring big data between...
Feb 13, 2014
Big data and analytics have become top agenda items for a growing number of retail executives. Yet many retailers do not yet have mature BDA competencies across five critical dimensions — intent, people, process, technology and data. This is one of the findings from...
Feb 12, 2014
The annual Teradata User Group conference hosted by Bytes Universal Systems (BUS) took place in Johannesburg last week. BUS is the sole local distributor of Teradata’s products in sub-Saharan Africa. The fifth of its kind, this year’s conference brought a number...
Feb 11, 2014
Chances are that you have heard about big data, perhaps even worked with it, and even tried to make sense of it in a business context. And when it comes to business intelligence (BI) and relational databases, the ability to make realtime decisions is critical. Now...
