Big Data & Analytics News

Xerox’s PARC subsidiary and consulting firm Nomura Research Institute have teamed up to develop new technological platforms for medium-size and large corporate organizations through research and development collaboration. The companies will work to explore project opportunities in the areas of data analytics, information technology systems, information security and consulting services under the memorandum of understanding, Xerox […] More

IBM has partnered with the governments of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Delhi, India, to help both cities implement air quality management plans through the use of Internet of Things, cognitive computing analytics and machine learning technology. The company said Thursday it will collaborate with Johannesburg’s local government researchers to analyze environmental data, identify pollution sources […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a $6.3 million contract to Galois for the implementation of its Jana project to help extract value from big data and protect the privacy of data in transit and at rest. The Jana project is intended to implement “private data as a service” to help analysts use data in a […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has unveiled the update to its free data science resource material, which seeks to help government and industry leverage data assets through analytics. This second edition of The Field Guide to Data Science is a follow-up to the initial release in November 2013, the company said Monday. “[We’re] thrilled to release an update to The […] More

Macquarie Telecom has implemented a MapR Technologies cloud-based data platform in Australia in an effort to help government agencies there protect online communications from potential cyber attacks. MapR Distribution works to analyze big data workloads in hybrid cloud environments and detect network vulnerabilities through the Apache Hadoop software framework, MapR said Tuesday. Apache Hadoop is designed to process […] More

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed two computer codes with the intent to help national security analysts examine and manage complex datasets in a short period of time. Data scientist Mark Rintoul led a team of Sandia Labs researchers that built a code for automated monitoring of motion and trajectories through the Pattern Analytics to Support High-Performance Exploitation and Reasoning […] More

Leidos and the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering’s Information Sciences Institute have partnered for two research projects that seek to advance high-performance computing and network analysis. Leidos said Monday it will fund both projects through a five-year, $500,000 grant under the Strategic University Alliances Program. The program seeks to support science, technology, engineering and math education […] More

Seagate Technology has formed a business unit that will work with government customers to help them manage and secure big data with company-built technology. Deb Oliver, a public sector veteran with more than 30 years of experience, will serve as president of the Seagate Government Solutions segment and Paul Kaminski as chairman of the subsidiary’s board of directors, […] More

The National Science Foundation has awarded $5 million in grants to seven universities to set up four regional hubs that will work to advance big data developments, Fedscoop reported Monday. Billy Mitchell writes the regional “big data brain trusts” will work to support programs across the country that seek to facilitate big data collection and establish […] More

A U.S.-based subsidiary of SAP and Altamira Technologies have forged an alliance to combine their big data analytics platforms into a joint offering as the companies seek help clients discover relationships in their data. Altamira said Friday it will incorporate SAP’s in-memory database and computation engine HANA with the former company’s LUMIFY big data fusion, analytic and visualization platform. LUMIFY is designed to help […] More

DigitalGlobe and Intelescope Solutions have forged a partnership that aims to help Intelescope’s forestry industry clients evaluate the health and volumes of commercial timber through the use of satellite imagery-based information. Intelescope will use the DigitalGlobe-built Geospatial Big Data tool to run its proprietary algorithms against large volumes of satellite imagery in order to deliver insights […] More

Symantec and Tata Consultancy Services have forged an analytics-based security alliance for customers. The companies will combine their respective security technologies in order to establish joint security services offerings, Tata Consultancy Services said Friday. Anirban Chakravartti, head of global alliances at Symantec, said the joint offerings are intended to deliver “technology, intelligence and expertise in areas […] More