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 ...
Hadoop admin interview questions
Which operating system(s) are supported for production Hadoop deployment?
The main supported operating system is Linux. However, with some additional software Hadoop can be deployed on Windows.
What is the role of the namenode?
The namenode is the "brain" of the Hadoop cluster ...
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 ...
Integrating Hadoop into Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
Information from SAS and TDWI Research
The purpose of this report is to accelerate users’ understanding of the many new products and practices based on Hadoop technologies that have emerged in recent years. While Hadoop usage is a minority practice today, ...
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, it’s hard to find an organisation or consumer who has less data today than a year ago. Database options proliferate, and business ...
16 Top Big Data Analytics Platforms
Revolutionary. That pretty much describes the data analysis time in which we live. Businesses grapple with huge quantities and varieties of data on one hand, and ever-faster expectations for analysis on the other. The vendor community is responding by providing ...
Hadoop Resources
History of Hadoop
Spotlight on the early history of Hadoop
The history of Hadoop: From 4 nodes to the future of data
Big Ideas: Demystifying Hadoop
What is MapReduce?
"Cluster Computing and MapReduce Lecture" series in YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPBkvYh-ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vD6PUdf3Js
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eib_H_zCEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZDybXl212Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT-piFBP4fE
http://labs.google.com/papers/mapreduce.html
http://code.google.com/edu/parallel/mapreduce-tutorial.htmlÂ
What is Hadoop?
http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/02/what-is-apache-hadoop.html
http://gigaom.com/cloud/what-it-really-means-when-someone-says-hadoop
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1209hadoopbigdata/
What is HDFS?
The paper covers most of ...
Introduction to Apache Hive and Pig
Apache Hive is a framework that sits on top of Hadoop for doing ad-hoc queries on data in Hadoop. Hive supports HiveQL which is similar to SQL, but doesn't support the complete constructs of SQL.
Hive coverts the HiveQL query into ...
Top 10 Big Data Trends in 2014
In January 2014, IDG published their latest big data enterprise survey and predictions for 2014 finding that on average, enterprises will spend $8M on big data –related initiatives in 2014. The study also found that 70% of enterprise organizations have ...
5 Keys to Big Data Success
As Big Data becomes more pervasive throughout farming, it’s important to understand what farmers need to make data collection and analysis successful, says John Fulton, Extension specialist at Auburn University.
"For many, there is no clear incentive or objective about the ...






