Big Data, Data Science & Hadoop > May 2

Join us at the May 2 meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Business Intelligence User Group. Ofer Mendelevitch of Hortonworks will talk about the benefits of big data for data scientists, and how Hadoop and HDInsight fit into modern data architecture and enable data-driven products. Learn more

Six months on, Windows 8 sales are a mystery

parislemon:

Tom Warren:

Even with Microsoft’s own Windows 8 license figures, and market research estimates, it’s worth noting that these calculations are based on shipments. They do not reflect how many consumers have purchased these devices. Until Microsoft, or other researchers, provide a solid breakdown of sales, nobody outside of Redmond really knows exactly how Windows 8 is doing. For now, it looks like slow progress in a huge, risky bet that Microsoft is willing to stick at for a long time.

Big Data, Data Science, and Hadoop

May 2 at Microsoft in Mountain View - 6:30 pm

You’ll learn:

  • What “Data Science” and “Data Products” actually mean
  • The benefits of using big data for data scientists
  • How Hadoop helps data scientists work with big data
  • About HDInsight, the big data platform from Microsoft and Hortonworks

Learn more

wired: Malnourished sea lion pups have started arriving in northern California – by the vanload. It’s a three-day trip for the weary travelers. At the end of the road: The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, where the pups will be cared for and returned to health. High-res

wired:

Malnourished sea lion pups have started arriving in northern California – by the vanload.

It’s a three-day trip for the weary travelers. At the end of the road: The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, where the pups will be cared for and returned to health.