2016 Datanami Awards – Readers’ & Editors’ Choice

Datanami is pleased to be kicking off its inaugural Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards to recognize the best and the brightest developments that happened in Big Data in 2016. These awards, which are nominated and voted on by the Big Data community not only give us added insight into the pulse of the community, but offers a chance to engage with you and award honors to the most deserving members of the global data science community.

We’d like to thank our dedicated readers for weighing in on their top picks for the best in Big Data. It’s been a privilege for us to present these awards, and we extend our congratulations to this year’s winners.

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Machine Learning

Readers’ Choice: Apache Spark

Editor’s Choice: IBM Watson

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Deep Learning/AI

Readers’ Choice: Google Cloud Platform

Editor’s Choice: NVIDIA GPUs

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Internet of Things

Readers’ Choice: Striim

Editor’s Choice: TIE – MongoDB & Splunk

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Big Data Security

Readers’ Choice: Sumo Logic

Editor’s Choice: Splunk

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Real-Time Analytics

Readers’ Choice: Apache Spark

Editor’s Choice: Impetus StreamAnalytix

Best Big Data Innovator: Data Management

Readers’ Choice: TIE – DDN & PHEMI

Editor’s Choice: TIE – Reltio & Talend

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Data Visualization

Readers’ Choice: Tableau

Editor’s Choice: Qlik

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Operational Platform (NoSQL)

Readers’ Choice: MongoDB

Editor’s Choice: Apache Cassandra (DataStax)

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Cloud Service Provider

Readers’ Choice: Amazon Web Services

Editor’s Choice: Microsoft Azure

Best Big Data Startup

Readers’ Choice: Databricks

Editor’s Choice: Confluent

Top 5 Vendors to Watch

Readers’ Choice: Cloudera | IBM | Databricks | MongoDB | MapR

Editor’s Choice: Cloudera | Databricks | MapR | Confluent | Neo4j

Top 5 Open Source Projects to Watch

Readers’ Choice: Apache Spark | Apache Kafka | Apache Hadoop | MongoDB | Apache Cassandra

Editor’s Choice: Apache Spark | Apache Mesos | Apache Kafka | Apache Hadoop | Apache Beam

Top 5 Emerging Technologies to Watch

Readers’ Choice: Real-Time Streaming Analytics | Machine Learning | Deep Learning | In-Memory Computing | Time-Series Analytics

Editor’s Choice: Deep Learning | Machine Learning | Real-Time Streaming Analytics | Geospatial | Self-Service

Top Big Data Achievement

Readers’ Choice: Children’s Mercy Hospital

Editor’s Choice: Panama Papers