Efficient Similarity Algorithm Now in Apache Spark, Thanks to TwitterOctober 20, 2014 by Reza Zadeh in Engineering Blog Our friends at Twitter have contributed to MLlib, and this post uses material from Twitter’s description of its open-source contribution , with permission...
Application Spotlight: Tableau SoftwareOctober 15, 2014 by Jeff Feng in Company Blog This post is guest authored by our friends at Tableau Software , whose visual analytics software is now “Certified on Apache Spark.” Apache...
Apache Spark the Fastest Open Source Engine for Sorting a PetabyteOctober 10, 2014 by Reynold Xin in Engineering Blog Update November 5, 2014 : Our benchmark entry has been reviewed by the benchmark committee and Apache Spark has won the Daytona GraySort...
Application Spotlight: TrifactaOctober 9, 2014 by Sean Kandel in Company Blog This post is guest authored by our friends at Trifacta after having their data transformation platform “Certified on Spark.” Today we announced v2...
Sharethrough Uses Apache Spark Streaming to Optimize Advertisers' Return on Marketing InvestmentOctober 7, 2014 by Russell Cardullo in Company Blog This is a guest blog post from our friends at Sharethrough providing an update on how their use of Apache Spark has continued...
Apache Spark as a platform for large-scale neuroscienceOctober 1, 2014 by Jeremy Freeman in Engineering Blog The brain is the most complicated organ of the body, and probably one of the most complicated structures in the universe. It’s millions...
Scalable Decision Trees in MLlibSeptember 29, 2014 by Manish Amde and Joseph Bradley in Engineering Blog This is a post written together with one of our friends at Origami Logic. Origami Logic provides a Marketing Intelligence Platform that uses...
Guavus Embeds Apache Spark into its Operational Intelligence Platform Deployed at the World’s Largest TelcosSeptember 25, 2014 by Eric Carr in Partners This is a guest blog post from our friends at Guavus - now a Certified Apache Spark Distribution - outlining how they leverage...
Apache Spark Improves the Economics of Video Distribution at NBC UniversalSeptember 24, 2014 by Christopher Burdorf in Company Blog This is a guest blog post from our friends at NBC Universal outlining their Apache Spark use case. Business Challenge NBC Universal is...
Databricks Reference ApplicationsSeptember 23, 2014 by Vida Ha in Company Blog At Databricks, we are often asked how to go beyond the basic Apache Spark tutorials and start building real applications with Spark. As...