Host Sponsor Welcome: IBM Analytics d2
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Claims that Apache Spark is becoming the analytics operating system, IBM invested in Spark last year and Watson now runs on Spark, and Bluemix offers Spark-as-a-service. Argument emphasizes ease of use and data access over raw performance compared with Hadoop. Concrete results: internal adoption grows organically, a China Datapalooza expected 50 people draws 250 attendees vs 50 expected, there are about six Datapalooza events and next ones are scheduled in Denver and Tel Aviv.
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