An introduction to Apache Hadoop for big data
Apache Hadoop is an open source software framework for storage and large scale processing of data-sets on clusters of commodity hardware. Hadoop is an Apache top-level project being built and used by a global community of contributors and users. It ...
NoSQL, NewSQL, or RDBMS-How To Choose
When should you choose a NoSQL or NewSQL option versus a conventional relational database management system? Here are 10 telltale traits that will help you make the right choice.
Today's databases are not only expected to be flexible enough to handle ...
15 important case studies on Big Data
Are you passionate about data science, engineering, or analytics? Then you’re probably already pursuing a degree in big data and trying to delve into the matter as deeply as possible.
We bet you focus on developing technical and analytical skills and ...
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 ...
How Big Data Can Help You Make Money
Making money with big data is not difficult if you already have a business in place. Numerous businesses have become more profitable, efficient, and productive when using big data. Since 91 percent of businesses use big data to make money, ...
5 Big Data Apps with Effective Use Cases
Even if your organization is compelled to become more data-driven, many don’t know how to transform themselves out of the use-your-gut mentality and into a data-first one.
The easiest way? Take shortcuts by refusing to reinvent the wheel and following the ...
Top 10 worst big data practices
1. Choosing MongoDB as your big data platform. Why am I picking on MongoDB? I'm not, but for whatever reason, the NoSQL database most abused at this point is MongoDB. While MongoDB has an aggregation framework that tastes like MapReduce ...
Data Science –What’s the big deal about it?
Thomas Davenport, an American academic and publisher for Harvard Business Review, once said that Data Scientist is “the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century”. But why is there such a big hype and mythos about Data Scientists and Data Science?
The ...
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, ...
How to Create a Database in MongoDB
MongoDB is one of the “NoSQL” types of database solutions used to store and query big data. Old SQL developers might find Mongo a bit counterintuitive. With normal, relational databases, you create a database, then tables and then insert your ...