As a poster child for big data, Hadoop is continually brought out as the reference architecture for big data analytics. But what exactly is Hadoop and what are the key points of Hadoop storage ...

MapR Technologies, Inc., the provider of an advanced distribution for Apache Hadoop, has unveiled the MapR Training Academy, a free internet-based source for training videos and documentation to help ...

Big data is a concept that’s been as widely hyped as cloud computing, and perhaps just as misunderstood in regards to its capabilities and limitations. One of the aspects of big data that is not ...

MarkLogic has underlined its intent to increase links between its NoSQL database and open-source big-data platform Hadoop. The firm's involvement with Hadoop goes back to November 2011 when it ...

For enterprises grappling with the onslaught of big data, a new platform has emerged from the open source world that promises to provide a cost-effective way to store and process petabytes and ...

Building on the apparent success of its Cloud Foundry PaaS project, EMC and VMware spinoff Pivotal today unveiled backers for a new initiative, aimed at defining a core set of Apache technologies to ...

Those who want to try the much-hyped Hadoop but haven’t got a cluster or two to spare can now test the data processing platform on their desktops, thanks to a new release from Hadoop distributor ...