5 Big Data Use Cases To Watch

08 May 2014

We hear a lot about big data's ability to deliver usable insights -- but what does this mean exactly? It's often ...

5 technologies that will help big data cross the chasm

07 May 2014

We’re on the cusp of a real turning point for big data. Its applications are becoming clearer, its tools are ...

5 tips to get started with big data

06 May 2014

Everyone seems to be talking about "big data" these days. Do you wonder what you’re missing out on? Let’s take ...

6 big data trends in 2014

05 May 2014

Data are being generated by every device imaginable. Big data are arriving from multiple sources at an alarming velocity, volume, ...

Snappy compression with Pig and native MapReduce

03 May 2014

Assuming you have installed Hadoop on your cluster, if not please follow http://code.google.com/p/hadoop-snappy/ This is the machine config of my cluster ...

A New Python Client for Impala

02 May 2014

The new Python client for Impala will bring smiles to Pythonistas! As a data scientist, I love using the Python data ...

Cloudera, MongoDB partner to mash up NoSQL, Hadoop

01 May 2014

Hadoop specialist Cloudera announced a strategic partnership with MongoDB this week that will allow Cloudera customers to store Hadoop data ...

Will Big Data Analytics Replace BI?

30 April 2014

John Leonard of Computing.co.uk recently asked, “In 10 years’ time will big data analytics have replaced traditional relational business intelligence systems? That was ...