DataStax says the latest version of its Apache Cassandra NoSQL database puts the focus on analytics, offering for the first time in-memory processing via the Apache Spark open-source engine. The use ...

Hadoop software and services firm Hortonworks says the plans it outlined today for Apache Spark are designed to make the in-memory engine a better candidate for enterprise use. The company is focusing ...

Apache Ignite is an open source in-memory data fabric which provides a wide variety of computing solutions including an in-memory data grid, compute grid, streaming, as well as acceleration solutions ...

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Apache Spark's powerful open-source platform enables high-speed data processing for large and complex datasets. The joint benchmarking used the k-core decomposition algorithm of Spark's GraphX ...

In this video from the 2019 Spark+AI Summit, Piotr Balcer and Cheng Xu from Intel present: Accelerate Your Apache Spark with Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory. Cheng Xu is a senior architect of Intel ...

Apache Spark is the tech du jour in Big Data right now. Its ability to provide speedy performance against huge volumes of data has made such a splash that some people are even beginning to question ...

Apache Spark rose to prominence within the Hadoop world as a faster and easier to use alternative to MapReduce. But as fast as Spark is today, it won’t hold a candle to future versions of Spark that ...

Apache Spark is getting an open source computing and storage boost with its integration with a widely used in-memory data platform. Hazelcast Inc. said Tuesday (Jan. 10) its in-memory data grid adds ...

The latest project to reach top-level status in the Apache Software Foundation is a no-lose proposition for everyone, or at least that’s how the project leaders are positioning it. Apache Arrow ...