Don’t miss the Big Data Workshop coming up on April 23rd from 9am – 5pm at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
Apr 18
Apr 15
Make Magazine has a few photos of two of the world’s coolest data centers. One of them is located in Sweeden and is housed in a Cold War era bunker. Check out the photos and article.
May 09
Sears announced that they will be extending their contract with Axiom for customer analytics services, crm, and data integration. Axiom has held the contract for more than 50 years.
Winn Dixie said it is expanding the capacity of its Teradata data warehouse.
May 09
In the past, most executives have viewed data management as a necessary but boring cost they must tolerate. The newest DM News Data Management Survey indicates that this is starting to change.
Here’s the article. And here’s the full survey.
Apr 30
O’Reilly Radar has an article today announcing their new report on Big Data management technologies. They really liked the stuff being put out by the LinkedIn analytics team headed up by DJ Patil, Chief Scientist. Check out what DJ has to say.
Apr 30
Who has the biggest database? Due to the increasing amount of behavioral information tracked during a web browsing session, some internet properties are starting to rack up some pretty hefty databases.
Ebay has a 6.5 petabyte Greenplum warehouse and a 2.5 petabyte Teradata warehouse. This system ingests hundreds of billions of new rows of data every day.
Facebook has a 2.5 petabyte Hadoop system
Yahoo has more than 1 petabyte running on their homemade system
Apr 30
As part of the Stimulus Package, the Social Security Administration will be getting $500 million to replace its National Computing Center. The final bill might be closer to $800 million if the Social Security Administration gets its way. Their estimate includes the cost of the building, the infrastructure like power and cooling, the hardware, and the software).
Check out the full article at NetworkWorld.
Dec 29
Mark Hurd, CEO of HP, has refocused HP on data warehousing. He encouraged HP engineers to meld decades-old technology inherited from the Compaq Computer acquisition with H. data analysis software to create a product called NeoView. Check out the NY Times Article.
