Some big thoughts on big data and cloud for 2012
2011 was the beginning of the big data onslaught, but hold onto your hats: big data will only get bigger in 2012.
I’ve spoken to a bevy of experts in the last few weeks, ranging from venture capitalists to vendor execs. Here are some of their thoughts on how the world of big data and cloud computing infrastructure will shake out next year.
1: Look for a battle of the PaaSes
Nearly every vendor has a platform as a service now, and it’s not clear there’s enough business for all of them. Microsoft Azure, Salesforce.com’s Heroku and Red Hat’s OpenShift all promise multi-language support, but they’re facing an array of spunky upstarts in the forms of AppFog, StandingCloud, EngineYard and DotCloud, among others…