When building a solution like IKANOW's Open Source document analysis platform Infinit.e, the choice of your underlying data store is a critical part in determining the overall architecture of the platform. IKANOW’s engineers had some pretty clear ideas of how they wanted to approach the problem of merging structured and unstructured data into a unified, semi-structured format. Fortunately for the team, finding a database that fit Infini...

Apache Hadoop is a software framework that supports data intensive distributed applications under a free-to-use license. Hadoop has been the driving force behind the Big Data industry. It enables applications to work over massive quantities of data with built-in features enabling enhanced reliability, scalability and functionality over old style data tools. If your legacy data storage methods are costly, or if you need to access your data fas...

Cloudera Events in Charleston, SCCloudera is hosting two events in Charleston, SC to discuss the newest release of its Apache Hadoop. Join us for one, or both events, listed below to gain a better understanding of how this open source solution is benefiting the federal government around the globe.Hadoop Users GroupAs Big Data grows throughout the federal community, we invite interested members to join this newly organized Hadoop Users Group f...

Cloudera Events in Charleston, SCCloudera is hosting two events in Charleston, SC to discuss the newest release of its Apache Hadoop. Join us for one, or both events, listed below to gain a better understanding of how this open source solution is benefiting the federal government around the globe.Hadoop Users GroupAs Big Data grows throughout the federal community, we invite interested members to join this newly organized Hadoop Users Group f...

This event is for and about state and local government. The purpose of the event is to foster discussion and dialogue on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE The IT Revolution Cloud Computing - Business Drivers Demonstrating the Value of Shared Services Enterprise Information Security - The Texas Vision Workplace of the Future Business Intelligence Social Media fo...

Join open data and open government leaders from around the world for three days of speakers, panels, and collaboration on international open government data. The conference will be organized around two tracks: policy and technology. Join us in person, follow the live webcast, and follow @usdatagov along on Twitter via #IOGDC. About the Conference Theme: Putting Data to Work Data.gov and the World Bank are joining forces to sponsor the second...

It is widely accepted that government and commercial enterprises are coping with more data than ever before. Not only is there more of it each year, it is being created and stored in many more formats than previously imagined, and as bandwidth increases, the data types are accumulating within data centers at an unprecedented rate with more pervasive user access on demand. As data requirements grow exponentially, Government technologists and pr...

Enterprise IT's Two Biggest Game Changers Under One Roof – Cloud Computing & Big Data Join Us at Cloud Expo New York in June – Introducing Our All-New Big Data Expo! Recent IDC research shows that worldwide spending on cloud services will grow almost threefold, reaching $44.2 billion by 2013. And a recent Gartner report predicts that the volume of enterprise data overall will increase by a phenomenal 650% over the next five ye...

SAS Government Leadership Summit 2012 The SAS Government Leadership Summit (#SASgov) is targeted at mid-tier to executive level decision makers in Government. This year's theme is "Analytics on Point: Sharpen the focus on brighter possibilities." Everybody is talking about big data, but what is it really, and how do you keep it from overwhelming you? As the amount of data pouring into your organization grows in volume, variety and velocity, ho...

This event is for and about state and local government. The purpose of the event is to foster discussion and dialogue on the use of information technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers.TOPICS WILL INCLUDE Mobile Computing for the Public Ideas for Social Media Innovation in Government Transparency and Business Intelligence Collaboration and Shared Services: Best Practices GIS - Enabling Technologies Citizen Enga...