There are a lot of open source projects out there, and keeping track of them all is next to impossible. Here are five important ones in the Big Data space that you may not know about.

Open source software is fundamental to big data, says Roman Shaposhnik, who runs the Apache Incubator project for the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the main sponsor of this event. “In a way, open ...

Open source technology is at the core of most big data initiatives, but projects are proliferating so quickly it can be hard to keep track of them all.

PEO EIS and ARCYBER found something interesting in analyzing the government's off-the-shelf big data systems: Nearly all are built using high-quality, open-source software. With a similar ...

Open-source source platforms for big data have exploded in popularity. And in the past few months, it seems like nearly everyone is feeling the fallout.

Interest in open-source tooling and infrastructure for big data keeps growing among developers and traditionally proprietary companies.

Well the ASF is an all-volunteer developer, stewards and incubator organization that currently oversees more than 350 open source projects and initiatives -- so the answer is yes, quite open.

Big Data is on every CIO’s mind this quarter, and for good reason. Companies will have spent $4.3 billion on Big Data technologies by the end of 2012. But here’s where it gets interesting ...

Explore open-source projects redefining innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity in tech. Discover tools shaping the future of technology.

Open Source and the Big Data dilemma Consumers are forced to choose between proprietary systems that limit their ownership and Open Source alternatives that exploit their data.

But this week, researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s “Biology Is Technology” conference have a reality check to share: Open-source scientific data is grossly ...