Top 12 funded Big Data Startup companies
Big data companies are attracting big investments from venture capitalists. But which startups are garnering the most funding? Venture capitalists made more big data investments than ever before in 2012, and a few more deals have already closed in 2013. ...
SQL is what’s next for Hadoop
Today all the companies are trying to let users run SQL queries from inside Hadoop as it is open-source software framework. Companies are using Hive and HiveQL languages in Hadoop implementation but Hive is mainly depends on MapReduce. Business intelligence ...
Why Big Data Applications Are Already a Reality
The advent of the Internet and World Wide Web changed many things in the technology landscape. Information began to become widely accessible. Individuals began to connect with one another online. Merchants began to market and sell their products digitally, sometimes ...
How MapR’s M7 Platform Improves NoSQL and Hadoop
The M7 Edition. Sounds like a high performance sports car, doesn’t it? In reality, M7 is MapR’s enterprise-grade platform that provides its own unique brand of high-performance, dependability and ease of use to both NoSQL and Hadoop applications. M7 removes ...
MongoDB vs CouchDB-Open Source NoSQL and Document Databases Comparison
MongoDB and CouchDB are both document-oriented databases. MongoDB and CouchDB are the best examples of open source NoSQL database. Aside from both storing documents though, it turns out that they don't share much in common. There are a lot of ...
Types and Examples of NoSQL Databases
NoSQL databases are growing with very rapid speed because of their exciting features like more flexibility and scalability, schema-free architecture, easy replication support, simple API, consistent / BASE (not ACID), support for big data and more.
What is NoSQL database?
NoSQL is ...
Why NoSQL became MORE SQL
One of the key points I raised was about how many folks were just slapping on Big Data badges to the same old same old, another was that Map Reduce really doesn't work they way traditional IT estates behave which ...
6 things to make your Big Data project succeed
Some things that you can do to actually make the Big Data project you take on succeed. Â The first thing you need to do is stop trying to make 'Big Data' succeed and instead start focusing on how you educate ...
Anatomy of a MapReduce Job
Hadoop Ecosystem and MapReduce
There is an extensive list of products and projects that either extend Hadoop’s functionality or expose some existing capability in new ways. For example, executing SQL-like queries on top of Hadoop has spwaned several products. Facebook started ...
Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Big Data
According to one projection, the sales of big-data-related products and services grew to more than $18 billion in 2013. Companies can now map your genome, find the best fit for clothing, and improve students' grades, to name a few examples. ...