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CenturyLink Moves into Big Data with Cloudera Platform

CenturyLink Dives into BigData with Cloudera
Sue Marek
Sue MarekJanuary 19, 2017
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CenturyLink is launching big data-as-a-service using Cloudera’s managed service platform. The telco plans to use the service to help companies rapidly analyze large and complex data sets.

Many companies lack in-house data experts. And the need for analytics is growing as enterprises deploy Internet of Things (IoT) platforms that have data-intensive workloads. In a 2016 survey by CrowdFlower, as reported by MIT News, data scientists said that on average they spend 80 percent of their time collecting and organizing data and only 20 percent analyzing it.

CenturyLink’s big data offering will be supported by the telecom company’s analytics consulting team and will use CenturyLink’s network connectivity as well as the company’s bare metal servers, which provide private cloud environments.

The company will offer workshops to help customers assess their needs and will then work with the client to build a data platform that addresses all areas including data ingest, storage, and access.

CenturyLink isn’t the only company looking at ways to exploit the big data opportunity. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) last August bought big data analytics company SGI for $275 million to strengthen its position in high performance computing and data analytics.

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About Sue Marek

Sue served as SDxCentral's vice president of content from March 2016 to November 2018 where she was tasked with building its IoT and 5G coverage. Prior to joining SDxCentral, Sue was editor-in-chief of FierceMarkets Telecom Group where she oversaw the editorial content of several FierceMarkets’ newsletters including FierceWireless. She also provided editorial guidance for the publications’ websites, webinars, and live events. Sue is a frequent speaker at industry events and has moderated panels for the Consumer Electronics Show, the Competitive Carriers’ Show, PCIA: The Wireless Infrastructure Show, CTIA, Interop, 5G Americas and more. Sue has more than 25 years of experience reporting on the telecom industry.

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