Hadoop was named after a toy elephant, sounds like a Dr. Seuss character, and it's the hottest thing in big-data technology. It's a software framework that makes short work of a tall task—managing ...
Big data isn't necessarily big and can be as much about the complexities of processing information as about volumes or data types. Personal genetic-profiling services such as 23andMe, which charges ...
It's hard to believe, but it's true. The Apache Hadoop project, the open source implementation of Google's File System (GFS) and MapReduce execution engine, turned 10 this week. The technology, ...
John Bantleman is CEO of RainStor, which sells database software used for big data projects. We’ve entered the age of Big Data where new business opportunities are discovered every day because ...
In the ever-expanding realm of Big Data, professionals often find themselves at a crossroads when choosing the right tools for their careers. Hadoop and Python stand out as two major players in this ...
Hadoop isn’t living up to its hype -- which means that both Hadoop vendors and their customers need to widen their array of big data technologies Hadoop makes all the big data noise. Too bad it’s not ...