• Intel Adds Graph Builder to Big Data Tools

  Intel adds graph and other big data software updates, Trinity Pharma raises $15 million to grow its health care analytics offering, and Spice Machine and MapR collaborate for real-time SQL-on-Hadoop databases.

• CyrusOne Houston Now Offers Up To 900 Watts Per Square Foot

  The company added 3 megawatts of critical power to its HPC-focused Houston West Campus, and says it can offer high densities of up to 900 watts per square foot across a portion of its facility.

• Building a Business Continuity Plan: You Will Need One

  Big catastrophic events are not your most probable threat to business continuity. In reality, smaller, disruptive events can cause the same damaging effect and are far more likely to occur, writes David Van Allen of INetU. He says you can plan for these "expected" outages.

• Stinger and Tez: a primer

  Matthieu Lieber summarizes what he has learned from a talk by Alan Gates. If any of the following questions interests you, head to his post : What is Stinger? Why build upon Hive rather than build a new system? Why is SQL compatibility important? What is Tez and how does it related to the…

• The Role of Robotics in Data Center Automation

  Robotics will never replace the need for unique human interaction within the data center. But robotics may help automate repetitive tasks, freeing up professionals to do bigger and better things, and thus boosting increase productivity.

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• Data scientist surpasses statistician on Google Trends

  The relative interest in data scientist surpassed statistician this month. It was also higher in April and September of this …

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