Good news for Big Data users: Cloudera recently released the second and final beta for Cloudera’s Distribution Including Apache Hadoop version 4 (CDH4), meaning that the official CDH4 release is coming soon. If you aren’t already using CDH, Cloudera offers the leading open-source distribution of the fast, agile, and reliable distributed computing platform changing the way enterprises [...]
Cloudera Day in DC: Cloudera Manager and Enterprise
Editor’s note: In this post, AlexOlesker provides more context on Big Data gleaned from the 26 Jan 2012 Cloudera Day in DC.-bg Another valuable pannel at the DC Cloudera Day was Todd Lipcon’s look into Hadoop management software Cloudera Manager available through Cloudera Enterprise. Cloudera is in the business of making Hadoop, the open source Big Data [...]
Big Data Tip For The New Project Manager: Starting With Apache Hadoop
Do you have a program or project that is evaluating “big data” approaches to the solution. You are not alone. With the explosion of data hitting almost every facet of IT, project leaders and program managers everywhere are downloading and evaluating the open source Apache Hadoop. Since the word Hadoop is so frequently used to [...]
Silicon Valley in a Box: A look at the Plug and Play Tech Center
Automating the Extraction of Useable Knowledge From Videos and Photos
Do you have a need to index and search pictures and video? If you are working for any of the intelligence agencies, a police department, or any other security force that involves video and photo, you may. You may even have a need for this outside of the intelligence/security realm. How do you do it [...]