Daily Big Data Feed – Jul 15, 2012

Daily aggregation of big data news from @cloud_aware, dataaware.net.

  • Interview: Edd Dumbill on the Drivers of Open Source at OSCON …
  • The OSCON conference returns to Portland this week with recurring themes of open source, innovation, and Big Data. To learn more, I caught up with Program Chair Edd Dumbill. inside-BigData: What do you think brings attendees back to … (more)

  • WMware’s Earnings Will Show Mobile And Big Data Momentum
  • Seeking Alpha Management had raised its outlook for 2012 expecting virtualization and cloud computing to drive growth. We expect mobile desktop virtualization, bring-your-own-device (BYOD), Big Data analytics and enterprise social networking will be the main revenue … (more)

  • Chris Gomersall Joins Acunu as President and CEO
  • San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Acunu, a provider of Big Data database technologies, today announced that its board of directors has named Chris Gomersall to serve as the company’s Chief Executive Officer and President. Big Data as a trend, and Acunu’s approach to delivering real … (more)

  • How to Become a Data Scientist HealthcareInfoSecurity
  • A data scientist is a new breed of database professional who applies scientific analysis to large data sets to identify patterns and vulnerabilities. (more)