as an alternative to traditional data warehouse systems. Starburst Data, a big data startup built around the Presto open-source query engine technology, has raised $42 million in Series B financing.

For all the buzz around Hadoop, most traditional data warehouse users are still becoming aware of the possibilities of the new technology. Many continue to pigeon-hole Hadoop as only useful for ...

Traditional data warehouse systems rely on batch-loading technology and processes to move data into a data warehouse. But the latency involved is proving to be too slow for today's fast pace of ...