Hadoop Week! Hadoop Week!

Many large organisations are experimenting with Hadoop distributions on commodity hardware to test whether they can generate the kind of intelligence they might have enjoyed from data warehousing solutions on a far cheaper platform. But what are the use cases for this new technology? How does an IT department make a business case for experimenting with the platform? And where should they go for technical resources? iTnews presents a three-part series and interactive webinar to get you started. Sign up to iTnews' daily newsletter to find out how to get involved.

BlueScope Steel completes data and analytics overhaul

BlueScope Steel completes data and analytics overhaul

Moves 800 models to the cloud.
Tess Bennett Dec 4 2020 12:57PM Strategy
ANZ looks to China to help understand its data

ANZ looks to China to help understand its data

Setting up "next generation data ecosystem".
Ry Crozier Mar 18 2019 7:15AM Financial Services
Cloudera and Hortonworks in $7.3bn merger

Cloudera and Hortonworks in $7.3bn merger

Commercial Hadoop players to combine.
Ry Crozier Oct 4 2018 10:13AM Cloud
Hotels.com uplifts big data to get closer to customers

Hotels.com uplifts big data to get closer to customers

Machine learning for more personalised experiences.
Ry Crozier Jun 16 2017 6:55AM Software
Optus' data mining start-up venture revealed

Optus' data mining start-up venture revealed

Exclusive: To be led by ex-head of content.
Ry Crozier Apr 3 2017 12:24PM Software
Macquarie to build new Hadoop cluster

Macquarie to build new Hadoop cluster

Corporate and asset finance group to revamp data systems.
Ry Crozier Feb 1 2017 12:00PM Software
Scourge of unsecure database deletions spreading

Scourge of unsecure database deletions spreading

Hadoop instances deleted with no ransom sought.
Juha Saarinen Jan 20 2017 6:42AM Security
How Airbnb is making its data more reliable

How Airbnb is making its data more reliable

Drive to reduce 'too many' outages.
Ry Crozier Jul 6 2016 10:40AM Software
ConocoPhillips defers IT spend with Hadoop, cloud

ConocoPhillips defers IT spend with Hadoop, cloud

Upgrade freeze in IT squeeze.
Ry Crozier Jul 6 2016 6:30AM Strategy
Telstra deploys Hadoop to pre-empt network issues

Telstra deploys Hadoop to pre-empt network issues

Predictive analytics project to boost availability.
Liz Tay May 29 2015 10:00AM Telco/ISP
Don’t let big data get you into big trouble

Don’t let big data get you into big trouble

[Blog post] Think before you download unsigned, unauthenticated code.
Juha Saarinen May 5 2015 2:32PM Security
Toyota IT tackles 'agile' analytics

Toyota IT tackles 'agile' analytics

Cloud, integration software drive internal change.
Ry Crozier Feb 12 2015 10:30AM Strategy
Inside Barclays and CommBank's open source collaboration

Inside Barclays and CommBank's open source collaboration

Using people power to drive down the costs of big data analytics.
Paris Cowan Nov 3 2014 6:23AM Financial Services
Intel's new Xeon processors take aim at big data

Intel's new Xeon processors take aim at big data

Tripled memory capacity.
Juha Saarinen Feb 19 2014 6:29AM Hardware
Google provides direct cloud storage for Hadoop

Google provides direct cloud storage for Hadoop

Planet-scale storage systems.
Juha Saarinen Jan 15 2014 6:57AM Storage
Facebook open sources low-latency scalable database

Facebook open sources low-latency scalable database

Takes advantage of fast storage.
Juha Saarinen Nov 22 2013 1:59PM Software
Facebook's data query engine now open source

Facebook's data query engine now open source

Presto pokes petabytes.
Juha Saarinen Nov 8 2013 5:07AM Software
Hadoop 2 released with next-gen resource management

Hadoop 2 released with next-gen resource management

A big data YARN.
Juha Saarinen Oct 17 2013 10:39AM Software
Intel sued by Hadoop company Zettaset

Intel sued by Hadoop company Zettaset

Trade secret misappropriation alleged.
Juha Saarinen Oct 15 2013 6:35AM Software
Making a business case for Hadoop

Making a business case for Hadoop

How will it fit in traditional enterprise IT environments?
Brett Winterford , Dez Blanchfield Oct 11 2013 9:23AM Labs

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