Collibra nabs $50M at reported $650M valuation led by ICONIQ

 Data governance and management startup Collibra — originally founded in Belgium but now based out of New York…

Talend looks to ease big data prep with latest release

 Talend, the big data integration vendor that went public last July, announced its winter release today…

FarmLogs raises $22 million to make agriculture a more predictable business

 Ann Arbor, Michigan-based FarmLogs has raised $22 million in a Series C round of funding for…

Using data science to beat cancer

 The complexity of seeking a cure for cancer has vexed researchers for decades. While they’ve made…

EU asks whether the financial sector’s use of big data needs new rules

 European financial regulators are worried that big data techniques might result in restrictions on consumer access…

Big data expert Flavio Villanustre talks about the future of massive data stores

Flavio Villanustre is an expert in Big Data. He and his team at an offshoot of…