The Natural Capital project deploys cloud, big data to better quantify the value of nature

The Natural Capital Project, a ten-year partnership between Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy, the World Wildlife Fund and the University of Minnesota to determine the economic value of natural landscapes…

Pivotal teams with Telstra on enterprise big data

Pivotal announced a partnership with Australian telco Telstra that will see the two firms jointly marketing Pivotal’s big data development services to Telstra enterprise customers. Pivotal will also offer enterprise…

NEC establishes big data research centre in Singapore

Adding to its global R&D efforts NEC has announced a  research centre that will look to innovate around big data, cyber security and energy efficiency. NEC Laboratories will be based…

Intel, BlueData partner on big data following $20m funding round

Hadoop specialist BlueData announced a strategic collaboration with Intel this week after the chip company’s venture capital arm helped lead a $20m funding round for the startup. BlueData offers a…