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Centrify Extends Identity Management to Hadoop Clusters

Centrify has optimized its Centrify Server Suite 2015 solution for Hadoop and big data environments, allowing customers to leverage Active Directory and existing skillsets to provide identity management.

Feb 20, 2015 4 mins

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How a University’s Data Center Overhaul Makes a Green Impact

University of Cambridge's recent data center consolidation aims to reduce the university's carbon footprint as well as centralize resources, management and monitoring.

Feb 18, 2015 5 mins

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Big Data Leaders and Users Unite Around Standardization

A group of Hadoop and big data application vendors, system integrators and end-users are forming the Open Data Platform association to create a common core big data kernel to eliminate fragmentation in the space.

Feb 17, 2015 4 mins

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MapR Offers Free Hadoop Training and Certifications

The free on-demand training initially focuses on Hadoop and HBase but will expand to other ecosystem technologies. Certification exams will also be available for developers, analysts and admins.

Jan 27, 2015 4 mins

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3 Ways to Simplify Data Management

Organizations have discovered ways to overcome data management complexity and deliver the cloud operational experience. Hereu2019s how.

Jun 3, 2022

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5 Big Data Technology Predictions for 2015

Big data technologies have evolved at a torrid pace that shows every sign of continuing in 2015. MapR CEO and co-founder John Schroeder predicts five major developments will dominate big data technology in the new year.

Dec 22, 2014 6 mins

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Data Scientists are the Perfect Cure for Blue Jean Syndrome

A practitioner CIO's perspective on the emerging role of data scientists and the true potential of big data analytics in solving non-trivial business problems.

Dec 22, 2014 3 mins

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The Power of Metaphor

Malini Balakrishnan, CIO of Building Materials Holdings Corporation, shares two metaphors that help her to explain IT

Dec 17, 2014 8 mins

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My Big Data Has Schizophrenia

There are many business models that lends themselves for the monetization of Internet of Things (IoT) and big data convergence. The critical success factor is to generate context sensitive, real actionable alerts.

Nov 3, 2014 4 mins

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Hadoop Platform, Apps Represent $1 Trillion Opportunity

Hadoop will evolve into an invisible foundational data infrastructure technology this year, says Cloudera Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer Mike Olson. Now's the time to focus on building applications on top of the platform, he says.

Oct 16, 2014 3 mins

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