Selecting the right SQL-on-Hadoop engine to access big data
With SQL-on-Hadoop technologies, it's possible to access big data stored in Hadoop by using the familiar SQL language. Users can plug in almost any reporting or analytical tool to analyze and study the data. Before SQL-on-Hadoop, accessing big data was ...
Pivotal Brings In-Memory Analysis To Hadoop
Pivotal, the EMC spin-off company pursuing modern application development in the context of cloud computing and big-data analysis, on Monday released Pivotal HD 2.0, an update of its Hadoop distribution incorporating an in-memory database and a battery of new analysis ...
Hadoop and NoSQL Now Data Warehouse-Worthy-Gartner
Not long ago, the rules for what constituted a data warehouse were fairly well defined. The schema was fixed, you could say, and was based primarily on relational database technology designed to process structured data. My, how times have changed. ...
Data transfer between MySql and Cassandra using Sqoop
Sqoop is a tool designed to transfer data between Hadoop and relational databases. You can use Sqoop to import data from a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as MySQL or Oracle into the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), transform ...
MariaDB-An Open Source Alternative and Replacement of MySQL
MySQL was the best open source database in the market before Sun Microsystems purchased it. After this, Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems and MySQL came in the hands of Oracle. After this purchase a fair number of MySQL users started looking ...
21 NoSQL Innovators to Look for in 2020
In the ever-evolving world of enterprise IT, choice is generally considered a good thing – albeit having too many choices can create confusion and uncertainty. For those application owners, database administrators and IT directors who pine for the good old ...
Oracle announces Big Data Machine
With everyone talking about big data, the need for a big sever to handle the bytes may be necessary. Oracle Corp.’s solution is the “Big Data Machine,” the newest server running its new Sparc M6 processor.
Officially called the M6-32, the ...
NewSQL Vendor MemSQL Takes On MongoDB
Startup vendor MemSQL announced Wednesday a new release of its high-scale, in-memory database that adds JSON (Java Script Object Notation) support. The move is aimed at attracting developers who might otherwise choose the MongoDB NoSQL database.
MongoDB has the leading market ...