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AWS August Roundup: Now you can query streaming data with SQL

New Amazon services also improve load balancing and bring hourly billing to virtual desktop rental

By Blair Frank

Sep 6, 2016 4 mins

Big Data Cloud Computing

Big data is already a $46 billion market, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet

'Sooner rather than later, big data will become table stakes for enterprises,' one analyst says

By Katherine Noyes

Sep 6, 2016 2 mins

Big Data IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

Big data salaries set to rise in 2017

Data scientists are in line for the biggest pay hikes among data/data administration pros

By Ann Bednarz

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins

Big Data Careers

SAP builds next-gen data warehouse for the cloud

SAP BW/4HANA is a new data warehouse service for the real-time enterprise, designed for both on-premises and cloud deployments.

By Thor Olavsrud

Aug 31, 2016 4 mins

Analytics Big Data Cloud Management

Meet the newest member of SAP’s Hana family: a data warehouse

The classic way of building a data warehouse is no longer viable, one executive said

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 31, 2016 2 mins

Analytics Big Data Enterprise Applications

Get started in data science: 5 steps you can take online for free

From gaining the right skills to acing your first interview, these resources can help put you on the right track

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 30, 2016 3 mins

Big Data IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

HPE is betting big on AI to fuel your apps and analytics

Vertica 8 adds new in-database machine learning capabilities

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 30, 2016 2 mins

Analytics Big Data Cloud Computing

Digital transformation is giving IT spending a big boost

Financial services and manufacturing are now at the forefront, new IDC data suggests

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 29, 2016 2 mins

Big Data Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Debunking the most common big data backup and recovery myths

Platform-provided mechanisms such as replicas and snapshots are not sufficient to ensure proper data protection and to minimize downtime

By Jay Desai, VP, Product Management, Talena

Aug 26, 2016 6 mins

Big Data Enterprise Applications

Got big data? Check out these 100 best practices for keeping it secure

The Cloud Security Alliance offers 10 tips for each of the top 10 security and privacy challenges

By Katherine Noyes

Aug 26, 2016 2 mins

Big Data Cloud Computing Security