When it comes to analyzing the Terabytes of data created daily across the Social Graph ( Photos, Comments, Likes, Interactions, Events, etc.) are the Big Data B2B players like TeraData being (a) Prescient (b) Playing Defense and what will this space look like when facial recognition technology comes online ....
See below from VentureWire...
Teradata Corp. has agreed to acquire the 89% of Aster Data Systems Inc. that it doesn't already own for $263 million, in the latest big-ticket acquistion in the hot big data analytics space.
"This is a great fit for Teradata...a smart, well thought-out strategic move," said Aster Data board member and Jafco Ventures General Partner Joe Horowitz. "There are a lot of applications where big data sets need to be crunched in real time, and this is a new architecture to address that."
The move should help Teradata's customers analyze the exploding volumes of data generated by social networks, sensor networks and other areas where traditional database tools have fallen short.
Seems like Kaptur is in a prime position
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