Big Data at The Talmadge Group

What we do with your Big Data opportunities:

  • Enterprise Big Data Audit
  • Internal Enterprise Hadoop Incubator Program
  • Single Problem MapReduce Pilot Test
  • MapReduce Algorithm Optimization
  • Managed Hadoop Cluster

Big Data Path

Author: Created: Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:20 AM
Big Data is the next frontier of the Wild, Wild West.

MapReduce on Amazon EC2 for Government Projects

By host on Thursday, September 15, 2011 9:28 AM
A few months ago Amazon announced that it’s Amazon Web Services platform had passed one of the many government security certifications. Recall that Amazon EC2 is the leading public cloud provider and a part of AWS.

Big Data News

The unsexy side of big data: 5 tools to manage your Hadoop cluster

Fri, 18 May 2012 20:20:29 +0000

It's neither easy nor glamorous -- data scientists get all the love -- but making sure your Hadoop cluster is properly configured and applications are running optimally is necessary, especially as applications move into production. Here are five tools to help you do it.

Why 900M isn’t the only number that matters to Facebook

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:22:18 +0000

Facebook's hyperinflated valuation heading into its IPO has everything to do with its promise, and very little to do with its actual profits. Here are some numbers we know about Facebook's infrastructure that speak to its promise perhaps as much as its 900 million users.

Thwarting terrorism with creativity and lots of data

Mon, 14 May 2012 23:45:14 +0000

There's nothing quite like a hypothetical about someone setting a whole block on fire after cutting off the fire department's electric supply in order to slow its response. Is it comforting to know that smart people and smart analytics could help stop it from happening?

Yahoo’s big data play Genome is smart, but …

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:45:56 +0000

Yahoo is looking to leverage its big data prowess with a new tool for marketers called Genome. It looks like an acknowledgement that while Yahoo might not rule the the web anymore, it knows a heck of a lot about analytics.

Did Yahoo sow the seeds of its own demise with Hadoop?

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:25:24 +0000

As the world once again starts analyzing Yahoo's myriad woes after Sunday morning's ouster of embattled CEO Scott Thompson, I'm left wondering if its investment in Hadoop didn't aid in the company's demise, even if it's a way down the long list of Yahoo's mistakes.