Last week, I wrote briefly about Apache HBase pushing out its 1.0 release. Subsequently, news of several more new releases of Big Data-related projects rolled out of the Apache Software Foundation. I… Read more »
There was a time, a little over two years ago, when SQL-on-Hadoop was about cracking open access to Hadoop data for those with SQL skillsets and eliminating the exclusivity of access… Read more »
The holiday season news drought in data and analytics is definitely over. A bunch of announcements from commercial vendors, and others from the open source world, have hit in the last week, and… Read more »
What does it mean to be a Big Data developer? Does it mean you’re a data analyst who knows how to code? Does it mean you’re a hero developer who also… Read more »
You may recall that Cloudera and Hortonworks each acquired Hadoop security companies last year. Hortonworks acquired XA Secure and Cloudera acquired Gazzang. I covered the XA Secure acquisition in a post on this blog and… Read more »
The trend toward self-service in business analytics has been good for the big data industry. But in order for the user-oriented paradigm to take deep root, the industry needs to change the way… Read more »
The trend toward self-service in business analytics has been good for the big data industry. But in order for the user-oriented paradigm to take deep root, the industry needs to change the way… Read more »
This past Friday, Hortonworks made good on its announced intention to present an initial public offering to the market. The shares were initially priced at $16, opened with an initial bid… Read more »
Whether you’re running it on premises or in the cloud, Hadoop leaves a lot to be desired in the ease-of-use department. The Hadoop offerings on the three major cloud platforms (Amazon’s… Read more »
Whether you’re running it on premises or in the cloud, Hadoop leaves a lot to be desired in the ease-of-use department. The Hadoop offerings on the three major cloud platforms (Amazon’s… Read more »