cray targets enterprise big data with new open agile analytics system

Cray has launched the Cray® Urika®-GX system – the first agile analytics platform that fuses supercomputing technologies with an open, enterprise-ready software framework for big data analytics. The Cray Urika-GX system gives customers unprecedented versatility for running multiple analytics workloads concurrently on a single platform that leverages the speed of a Cray supercomputer.

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Atos simplifies and speeds up implementation of Big Data solutions

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Alder Hey Children’s Hospital set to become UK’s first ‘Cognitive’ Hospital

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has announced a ground-breaking multi-year collaborative programme with the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre, supported by IBM, to create the United Kingdom’s first ‘cognitive’ hospital by harnessing ‘big data’ and the power of IBM’s Watson technology platform.

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UK insurers plan big data revolution over next two years

83% of UK insurance companies view a big data strategy as their most critical priority this year, a new survey of senior decision-makers in the industry by independent polling firm Censuswide reveals.  Teradata commissioned the survey which polled the views of 300 senior insurance industry figures in the UK, France and Germany.

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