Analyze text from social media sites with InfoSphere BigInsights
Use Eclipse-based tools to create, test, and publish text
extractors  Analyzing social media data often requires
processing text-based messages to categorize their content,
eliminate false positives, assess the sentiments expressed, and
perform related functions. Such efforts require extracting
context from textual data, a capability offered through
InfoSphere BigInsights, an IBM platform based on the Apache
Hadoop project. This article introduces you to the text analytic
development and runtime environments of BigInsights,
highlighting how you can use Eclipse-based tools to create,
test, and publish text extractors on your cluster so you can
analyze content relevant to your application.  Cynthia M.
Saracco (, Senior Software Engineer, IBM  photo: Cynthia
SaraccoCynthia M. Saracco is a senior solutions architect at
IBM's Silicon Valley Laboratory, specializing in emerging
technologies and information management. She has more than 25
years of so