Daily Big Data Feed – Sep 11, 2012

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

  • AMD introduces its new SeaMicro server for a big data world

    • GigaOM SeaMicro.servers. In the first announcement following AMD’s acquisition of low power server startup SeaMicro earlier this year, AMD on Monday announced a new server platform based on the SeaMicro tech that’s optimized for big data and cloud computing. (more)

  • Attunity: Moving Big Data for Dollars

    • IT Jungle A year after acquiring fellow data replication software vendor RepliWeb, Attunity is remaking itself as a provider of Big Data pumps. The company, which recently moved up from the pink sheets to trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market, excels at moving … (more)

  • How do I become a data scientist?

    • CoolAvenues Gaurav Vohra is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore with over 10 years of experience in the field of analytics. Gaurav has been in the analytics industry from its initial days and his career has spanned companies like Capital One and Information resources Inc … (more)

  • Salesforce.com Quietly Bought an Israeli Start-Up Called BlueTail in July

    • All Things Digital Additionally BlueTail’s founder and CTO has been made chief data scientist at Data.com, a Salesforce unit. Indeed the deal has all the markings of a classic acqui-hire situation. A Salesforce spokeswoman confirmed the acquisition to AllThingsD Monday. (more)

  • What is a ‘data scientist’? – FierceBigData

    • The people who crunch through the huge numbers associated with big data are called “data scientists.” Some view the name as inadequate in conveying their … (more)

  • SAS: Big Data Strategy is Key to Business Success

    • eWeek The global survey, Big data: lessons from the leaders, was conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and looks at where the more than 700 companies surveyed stand in their efforts to implement a data strategy. It also identifies how to exploit the … (more)

  • AMD Expands SeaMicro: Big Data Gets a High Performance Home

    • Bright Side of News* (blog) The SM15000 Server Platform is optimized for big data and the cloud. The company claims that they have been able to reduce power dissipation by half and have been able to supply Storage Area Network functionality at Direct Attach Storage pricing … (more)