Tag: cloud

Making IBM Cloud Pak for Data more accessible—as a service

At IBM, we understand both the exponential benefits AI can offer your organization as well as the unique challenges implementation can present. In 2018, we formalized the AI Ladder to provide a prescriptive approach to successful AI, and to impart lessons we've learned through over 30,000 AI engagements. From that framework and methodology came IBM … Continue reading Making IBM Cloud Pak for Data more accessible—as a service

Experience faster planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles on IBM Cloud Pak for Data

We live in the age of connectivity. Everyone and everything is constantly connected; yet, in most organizations, business unit planning operates in silos. This fragmented approach is often the result of spreadsheet-driven planning processes, which impede collaboration. As we enter a new era of digital transformation, forward-thinking businesses have strategies that are focused on process … Continue reading Experience faster planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles on IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Microsoft Azure Storage Tips for Big Data

When hosting your data in the Azure cloud, there is a wide variety of storage services you can choose from. Often, you need to combine multiple of these storage services to build a fully functional cloud system. In this article, you will learn about the main Azure storage services, including tips for optimizing and securing … Continue reading Microsoft Azure Storage Tips for Big Data

5 Reasons Why You Should Store Big Data In The Cloud

Gone are the days when storage of information can only be done with the traditional remote servers which are located in a secluded location. Today, the in-thing is cloud data storage where information and data are stored electronically online. With this approach, you can store unlimited data online (in the cloud) and access it anywhere. … Continue reading 5 Reasons Why You Should Store Big Data In The Cloud

Meltdown and Spectre’s Performance Impact on Big Data Workloads in the Cloud

These exploits enable cross-VM and cross-process attacks by allowing untrusted programs to scan other programs’ memory. On Big Data, the only place where users can execute arbitrary code is in the virtual machines that run Apache Spark clusters. There, cross-customer isolation is handled at the VM level. The cloud providers that Big Data runs on, … Continue reading Meltdown and Spectre’s Performance Impact on Big Data Workloads in the Cloud

Introducing S3Guard: S3 Consistency for Apache Hadoop

Synopsis This article introduces a new Apache Hadoop feature called S3Guard. S3Guard addresses one of the major challenges with running Hadoop on Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3), eventual consistency. We outline the problem of S3’s eventual consistency, how it affects Hadoop workloads, and explain how S3Guard works. Problem Although Apache Hadoop has support for using … Continue reading Introducing S3Guard: S3 Consistency for Apache Hadoop