Google and its MapReduce framework may rule the roost when it comes to massive-scale data processing, but there’s still plenty of that goodness to go around. This article gets you started with Hadoop, ...

I write a lot about Hadoop, for the obvious reason that it’s the biggest thing going on right now. Last year everyone was talking about it — and this year everyone is rolling it out. Some are still in ...

Considering Hadoop and Spark is not an either-or question. Many companies use both frameworks, especially if there is an existing Hadoop installation. Spark is quite data agnostic as it can access ...

In the hot market for big-data products and services, sometimes even competitors must work together for the common good. Prominent Hadoop software and service companies Hortonworks and Pivotal have ...