6 sparkling features of Apache Spark!
What is Apache Spark? Why there is a serious buzz going-on about this? If you are into BigData analytics business then, should you really care about Spark? Hope this post will help to answer some of these questions which might have ...
Why Extended Attributes are Coming to HDFS
Extended attributes in HDFS will facilitate at-rest encryption for Project Rhino, but they have many other uses, too.
Many mainstream Linux filesystems implement extended attributes, which let you associate metadata with a file or directory beyond common “fixed” attributes like filesize, ...
VMware Updates Big Data Extensions with Hadoop 2 Support
VMware Inc. updated its Big Data Extensions (BDE) for its vSphere virtualization platform, including support for Hadoop 2.
BDE's set of integrated management tools -- built into vSphere -- help organizations deploy, run and manage Hadoop. With BDE, vSphere users can ...
12 Very Important Tools For Hadoop Users
When it comes to Big Data analysis, Hadoop is at the forefront of things. Almost every company worth mentioning is looking for people specialised in Hadoop. These tools manage various aspects of big data analysis using Hadoop.
1. Ambari
The Apache Ambari ...
Facebook HydraBase adds reliability to Hadoop’s HBase
Facebook's becoming almost as notable for its adventures with open source projects as it is for its social network of more than 1 billion users. The company's latest experiment: revising one of Hadoop's key components to make it more reliable ...
Can Super-Fast Apache Spark Light Up Hadoop?
it the Hadoop Swiss Army knife of cluster computing frameworks. The Apache Software Foundation just rolled out Apache Spark v1.0, which it's calling a "super-fast, open-source, large-scale Relevant Products/Services data Relevant Products/Services processing and advanced analytics Relevant Products/Services engine."
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Free eBook-Learn About Microsoft’s Hadoop Implementation
Microsoft Press has just released a new eBook in its continuing line of free offerings. Introducing Microsoft Azure HDInsight presents 5 chapters and 130 pages of content covering Microsoft's foray into Big Data utilizing Apache Hadoop. HDInsight is built on ...
Enjoy machine learning with Mahout on Hadoop
"Mahout" is a Hindi term for a person who rides an elephant. The elephant, in this case, is Hadoop -- and Mahout is one of the many projects that can sit on top of Hadoop, although you do not always ...
11th Conference in Master Data Management: Governed + Integrated
Take control over information assets and empower business
24-26 September 2014 – Novotel City Barcelona, Spain
This marcus evans event will focus core topic of actually governing data integrity across multiple company units globally and of actually making sure the pull for ...
Couchbase NoSQL Database Goes Mobile
NoSQL database vendor Couchbase Inc. is seeking to let developers build always-available, data-driven apps for mobile users wherever they are, even when they don't have connectivity to the cloud.
The Couchbase Mobile suite was released yesterday, featuring three components, including an ...