SAS survey signals big data disconnect; only 12 per cent on board

Despite industry hype, most organisations have yet to develop and implement a big data strategy. Business analytics leader SAS and SourceMedia surveyed 339 data management professionals about their organisations' use of data management technology. The results show few organisations taking advantage of product, customer and other data sources.

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MapR teams with Canonical to deliver Hadoop on Ubuntu

MapR Technologies, Inc. and Canonical, the organization behind the Ubuntu operating system, have announced a partnership to package and make available for download an integrated offering of the MapR M3 Edition for Apache Hadoop with Ubuntu. Canonical and MapR are also working to develop a Juju Charm that can be used by OpenStack and other customers to easily deploy MapR into their environments.

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Dataguise enhances DG for Hadoop

Dataguise has announced DG for Hadoop™ v4.3. Now the first and only solution of its kind to provide both masking and selective encryption for sensitive data in major Hadoop distributions, DG for Hadoop allows organizations to determine the most appropriate remediation technique based on privacy requirements. The new version also delivers expanded capabilities, including contextual-based search to identify sensitive data in unstructured files, simplified management with automatic...

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Helping organisations capitalise on Big Data

HP has announced a complete next-generation data warehouse platform that enables businesses to solve complex information challenges and make more informed decisions while reducing cost and accelerating growth.

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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