Making Hadoop Simple On-premises and in the Cloud
An increasing number of enterprises are either currently using or are planning to use cloud deployment models to expand their IT infrastructure for big data. We find that organizations are looking for an open and flexible platform that enables them ...
MapReduce for C: Run Native Code in Hadoop
Google announced the release of MapReduce for C (MR4C), an open source framework that allows you to run native code in Hadoop.
MR4C was originally developed at Skybox Imaging to facilitate large scale satellite image processing and geospatial data science. We ...
3 Big data trends for business intelligence
Big data has given businesses a window into valuable streams of information from customer purchasing habits to inventory status. However, internal data streams give only a limited picture, especially with the growth of digital business.
Three trends Gartner has identified describe ...
3 useful tools for big data log analysis
When looking around the data center, it's difficult to ignore the potential in all of the big data available from infrastructure systems. There are server and application logs, data from network and storage taps, and metadata from databases and applications. ...
Big Data trends for 2015 Infographic
Here is DataRPM's infographic on its analysis of big data and its predictions for 2015.
8 big trends in big data analytics
“The reality is that the tools are still emerging, and the promise of the Hadoop platform is not at the level it needs to be for business to rely on it,” says Loconzolo. But the disciplines of big data and ...
Hadoop-5 Undeniable Truths
Everyone knows sensationalist headlines can be distracting or inaccurate. The real problem with such overblown headlines is this: Superficial debates are slowing down the true potential of Hadoop, big data, and the evolution of traditional databases.
At Qubole we often receive calls from ...
Big Data stalwart DataRPM Takes On IBM’s Watson With “Sherlock”
Much of the talk in machine learning and natural language software has been centered around the IBM supercomputer, Watson. But, DataRPM, a startup and self-described “industry pioneer in smart machine analytics for big data, thinks it’s time there was a ...
7 Things You Must Know About Big Data Before Adoption
There is absolutely no doubt that the right use of big data helps businesses become more profitable. But for this to happen, there are things businesses must know.
Big data is the hottest technology trend going around right now. Crunching, analyzing ...
Hadoop 2.0 and YARN Architecture
What is Hadoop 2.0 & YARN?
First off, a big kudos to Hortonworks for the great webinar by Arun C. Murthy ( who by the way was one of the primary people in building/releasing YARN) in which this post is based ...