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
Best Big Data Product or Technology: Deep Learning/AI
Readers’ Choice: Google Cloud Platform
Best Big Data Product or Technology: Internet of Things
Editor’s Choice: TIE – MongoDB & Splunk
Best Big Data Product or Technology: Big Data Security
Best Big Data Product or Technology: Real-Time Analytics
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
Best Big Data Product or Technology: Operational Platform (NoSQL)
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
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: Children’s Mercy Hospital
Editor’s Choice: Panama Papers
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