2017 Datanami Readers’ & Editors’ Choice Awards

Datanami is pleased to be kicking off its second annual Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards to recognize the best and the brightest developments that happened in Big Data in 2017. 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: NVIDIA

Editor’s Choice: Google

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Internet of Things

Readers’ Choice: MapR

Editor’s Choice: GE Digital

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Big Data Security

Readers’ Choice: Apache Knox

Editor’s Choice: Splunk

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Real-Time Analytics

Readers’ Choice: Striim

Editor’s Choice: Apache Spark

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Data Visualization

Readers’ Choice: Tableau

Editor’s Choice: Microsoft

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

Readers’ Choice: Couchbase

Editor’s Choice: MongoDB

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Cloud Service Provider

Readers’ Choice: Amazon Web Services

Editor’s Choice: Microsoft Azure

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Data Management (Governance)

Readers’ Choice: Talend

Editor’s Choice: SAS

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Data Management (Cataloging)

Readers’ Choice: Informatica

Editor’s Choice: Collibra

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Data Management (Prep)

Readers’ Choice: Informatica

Editor’s Choice: Teradata

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Virtualization

Readers’ Choice: Cisco

Editor’s Choice: BlueData

Best Big Data Product or Technology: Storage

Readers’ Choice: Dell EMC

Editor’s Choice: DDN: SFA14K Storage Platform

Best Data Science Platform

Readers’ Choice: Cloudera

Editor’s Choice: SAS

Best Big Data Fabric

Readers’ Choice: Talend

Editor’s Choice: IBM

Best Big Data Startup

Readers’ Choice: Dremio

Editor’s Choice: Cockroach Labs

Top 5 Emerging Technologies to Watch

Readers’ Choice: Deep Learning/AI | Machine Learning | IoT | Data Science Platforms | GPU-Powered Analytics

Editor’s Choice: Blockchain | Apache Kafka | Data Fabrics | Self-Service Data Prep | Cloud Data Warehouse

Top 5 Open Source Projects to Watch

Readers’ Choice: Apache Spark | Couchbase | Apache Kafka | Elastic Search | Apache Hadoop

Editor’s Choice: Apache Mesos | MongoDB | Apache Arrow | Apache Cassandra | Apache Flink

Top 5 Vendors to Watch

Readers’ Choice: Amazon Web Services | Couchbase | Striim | MapR | Google

Editor’s Choice: Kinetica | Cloudera | Confluent | Tableau | NVIDIA

Top Big Data Achievement

Readers’ Choice: GE Predix’s implementation of Couchbase Mobile

Editor’s Choice: Domino’s use of Talend Big Data