Another week in the books. Big Data is theme for this week’s best of the web. Let’s see what we have……..

MongoDB is the number 1 NoSQL DB and with the release of MongoDB 3.0 it doesn’t look like they will be losing any ground in the near future.

Registration is open for Hadoop Summit 2015. I went to this event last year and had a blast. Hopefully this year I can attend, it’s one of those events that you come away from ready with 100+ ideas.

Hortonwork’s HDP  is now available to run in the Google Cloud Platform. I haven’t used the Google Cloud Platform but for the free $300 60/day trial I will be adding it on my to-do list.

Not a week can go by without a data breach. We can now add Anthem Healthcare to the list. The White House announced this week a plan for a E-gov Cyber division. In 2015 we will continue to see the government taking cyber security seriously.

Just for Fun

For the past 2 weeks I’ve tried to find the Fibit Charge HR and for the last 2 weeks they have been sold out. Hopefully I will find one somewhere this weekend.

Who doesn’t want to be like Jason Bourne? Checkout this article on developing Situational Awareness.

Free $6 Google Play credits. If you have a Chromecast you can register to get a $6 credit from the Google Play store.

Enjoy the weekend and as always let me know what I’ve missed.