Hadoop

September 21, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco, Big Data, and Strata+Hadoop 2016. In a New York Minute…

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OK, a New York minute? In less than 60 seconds let’s see what’s going on with Cisco at Strata+Hadoop 2016 New York City next week. The event is the largest Big Data event in the Americas and we look forward to attending each year. Cool Things… We have a lot happening with learning and listening […]

August 31, 2016

DATA CENTER

Beyond Hadoop-as-a-Service: The Opportunity for Big-Data-as-a-Service

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I’ve written in the past about the opportunity for Hadoop-as-a-Service (HaaS) – providing self-service provisioning, elastic scaling, and support for multi-tenancy. But in my discussions with customers over the past year, it’s become clear that the opportunity is even bigger than Hadoop. The next big thing in big data is Big-Data-as-a-Service (BDaaS). There are three […]

June 2, 2016

DATA CENTER

Forrester names Cisco UCS a Leader

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Recognition for Cisco UCS continues! Forrester Research recently positioned Cisco as a “Leader” in their report: The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Hadoop-Optimized Systems, Q2 2016. Built on innovation, designed for business acceleration, and engineered with scale and performance in mind, our Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data solutions continue to grow in all major […]

May 13, 2016

DATA CENTER

Why Quantium Chose Cisco and MapR to Transform Its Analytics Approach

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Research has shown that businesses who leverage their data are statistically more likely to be successful in their respective industries. The opportunity granted by big data enables businesses to boost their competitive advantage, improve the business decision making process, and increase revenue. Using insights from big data, companies are: 5x as likely to make decisions […]

May 12, 2016

DATA CENTER

It’s all about analytics! 4th Generation of Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data

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It’s all about analytics! From data, to insight, and then action. Analytics, along with Internet of Things, represent the foundation of Digital Transformation that is changing businesses, industries, and lives globally. Fundamental to this transformation is ‘integrated’, ‘software defined’ many things including compute, storage, network and management. Through innovations, Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) integrates […]

March 18, 2016

DATA CENTER

MapR Big Data Everywhere 2016

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According to IDC, The Big Data technology and services market will grow from $16.55 billion in 2014 to $41.52 billion in 2018. 
Big data will continue to transform businesses everywhere. Together, Cisco and MapR enable customers to take full advantage of structured and unstructured data throughout your business. Sort petabytes of information with record-breaking speeds […]

February 12, 2016

DATA CENTER

The Business Value of Cisco Big Data Solutions

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Since it’s inception five years ago Cisco’s Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) offerings have consistently driven positive technical and business value for our customers at many levels, some examples: • Cisco UCS regularly delivers top-level performance as showcased via our leading benchmarking results. • In their datacenters our customers have recognized material gains in operational […]

February 11, 2016

DATA CENTER

A Year Ahead: Big Data and Analytics on Cisco UCS

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I’m so looking forward to the year ahead in the world of big data and analytics, because the opportunities appear to have no limits. Big Data and Analytics has been growing for quite some time. IDC expects the Big Data Technology and Services market to grow at a 26.24% compound annual growth rate through 2018 […]

January 26, 2016

DATA CENTER

Big Data and Analytics Touchdowns

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What’s your winning combo for big data and analytics? This may come as a surprise to you – but given that the Superbowl is approaching – I am going to use a football analogy. As we get ready for the game in 2 weeks, we have a tale of two quarterbacks. One is an established […]