Here\u2019s a roundup of some of this week\u2019s headlines from the Big Data sector:<\/p>\n
HP leverages Hadoop for providing context to big data<\/a>.<\/strong> \u00a0HP (HPQ) announced new offerings to help organizations to gain security intelligence from large data sets to better detect and prevent threats. The security information and event management (SIEM) capabilities of HP ArcSight with the\u00a0HP Autonomy IDOL<\/a>\u00a0content analytics engine automatically recognizes the context, concepts, sentiments and usage patterns related to how users interact with all forms of data.\u00a0\u201cMany organizations have not been able to access the critical information they need to combat potential threats,\u201d said Art Gilliland, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Security Products, HP. \u201cWith the integration of cloud monitoring, content analytics and Big Data processing, HP provides clients with the context needed to effectively stop potential breaches.\u201d<\/p>\n Dell advances Kitenga Analytics.<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0Dell announced the latest release of its Kitenga Analytics solution, which allows \u00a0data scientists to analyze structured, semi-structured and unstructured data stored in Hadoop. Version 2.0 of the software\u00a0adds new search, indexing and sentiment analysis functionality, has additional support for Predictive Modeling Markup Language (PMML) and combines search\u00a0and analytics in a single, unified environment. “Dell is committed to building a complete analytical fabric of all data sources to reduce the cost, complexity and risk that companies face as they wade through Big Data to improve decision making,” said Darin Bartik, executive director, product management, Information Management at Dell Software.\u00a0”With Kitenga Analytics and Toad Business Intelligence Suite, Dell Software is creating a world-class solution set to transform how companies search, correlate and use information to solve their business problems and achieve a bigger competitive edge.\u201d<\/p>\n