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A data lake is a storage repository that holds a vast amount of raw data in its native format. While a hierarchical data warehouse stores data in files or folders, a data lake uses a flat architecture to store data. Each data element in a lake is assigned a unique identifier and tagged with a set of extended metadata tags. When a business question arises, the data lake can be queried for relevant data, and that smaller set of data can then be analyzed to help answer the question. The term data lake is often associated with Hadoop-oriented object storage. In such a scenario, an organization's data is first loaded into the Hadoop platform, and then business analytics and data mining tools are applied to the data where it resides on Hadoop's cluster nodes of commodity computers. Like big data, the term data lake is sometimes disparaged as being simply a marketing label for a product that supports Hadoop. Increasingly, however, the term is being accepted as a way to des...

EMC Corporation   is getting into the MOOC game. It's first foray into the market for “massive open online courses” is with a 4 weeks course on  Data Lakes for Big Data  and will be avialable from May 12, 2015.  Here are some of the details What will the course cover - This free, open, online, interactive course will expose you to the value, opportunity, and insights that Big Data can provide. It highlights the Federation Business Data Lake as an integrated solution that stores and provides access to Big Data for real-time, rapid analytics and predictive modeling Duration : Spread across 4 weeks and will require approximately two to three hours of work per week Who can attend : There are no specific pre-requisites expected to attend this course. However, it is ideal If you are a decision maker or influencer keen to learn and define your organization’s big data strategy...

Today, RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), released the results of a new global breach readiness survey that covered thirty countries and compared those global results with a survey of the Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC), a group of top security leaders from the Global 1000. Using the SBIC as a benchmark, the results suggest that the majority of organizations are not following incident response best practices and are not well prepared to face the challenges of today’s advanced cyber threats. The survey report provides quantitative insights into real-world security practices and highlights gaps in technology and procedure as well as prescriptive advice from the SBIC for how to best close those gaps. Read More Download the  eBook  highlighting SBIC results compared to the community at large Download RSA's   Failures of the Security Industry: Accountability and Action Plan   Whitepaper