Anatomy of a MapReduce Job
Hadoop Ecosystem and MapReduce
There is an extensive list of products and projects that either extend Hadoopās 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. ...
Things to Learn in R
By Joshua Burkhow
You up for learning something new? or maybe like me want to ādoā statistics? If you are looking to do data analysis then R is a great tool/language to learn.
What is R?
R is a system for statistical ...
Java and Analytics the next frontier
I've been pretty verbal about Java going down the wrong path and my view that what Java should do is start having a 'core' which is just the real basics of the VM and the language and then a few ...
Vital Hadoop tools for crunching Big Data
Today, the most popularly term in IT world is āHadoopā. Within a short span of time, Hadoop has grown massively and has proved to be useful for a large collection of diverse projects. The Hadoop community is fast evolving and ...
7 Tips to Succeed with Big Data in 2014
Information from Tableau Software
What a year 2013 was for big data. From the White House to your house, itās hard to find an organisation or consumer who has less data today than a year ago. Database options proliferate, and business ...
6 reasons your Big Data Hadoop project will fail in 2025
Ok so Hadoop is the bomb, Hadoop is the schizzle, Hadoop is here to solve world hunger and all problems. Ā Now I've talked before about some of the challenges around Hadoop for enterprisesĀ but here are six reasons that Information Week ...
Neo4j, A Graph Database For Building Recommendation Engines, Gets A Visual Overhaul
Part of the problem with any powerful technology is how it is perceived. It might be something that is too early for its time or it may just need those years of development and use for the market to catch ...
Super Bowl ads need Big Data to be effective
When the Denver Broncos take the field against the Seattle Seahawks, the stakes will be much higher than the outcome of a football game. Advertisements are selling for about $4 million for 30 seconds of air time. That astronomical cost ...
Hadoop Cluster Interview Questions
Which are the three modes in which Hadoop can be run?
The three modes in which Hadoop can be run are:
1. standalone (local) mode
2. Pseudo-distributed mode
3. Fully distributed mode
What are the features of Stand alone (local) mode?
In stand-alone mode there are ...