The growing need for companies to manage surging volumes of structured and unstructured data is continuing to propel enterprise use of open-source Apache Hadoop software . But instead of replacing ...

The next generation of Apache Hadoop, the software implementation that allows batch processing of petabytes of data, is expected out this year, says a Yahoo executive. Todd Papaioannou, vice president ...

I loved this post in The Register about Doug Cutting and his Hadoop open-source project. I've written about Hadoop before and the vision it shows on Yahoo!'s part, but El Reg is having none of that, ...

Hadoop started out as a batch-oriented system for chewing through massive amounts of unstructured data on the cheap, enabling all sorts of things such as search engines and advertising systems. The ...

Companies Will Cooperate on Development Efforts for a Connector Between Oracle and Hadoop, Complementing Sqoop, Cloudera's SQL-to-Hadoop Database Import Tool SAN FRANCISCO, CA - (Marketwire - June 21, ...

Many companies are using big data technologies to build new applications that can take advantage of emerging data streams, like sensor data or social media. It’s not often you see established ...

Hadoop has become the platform of choice for companies looking to harness the power of big data. However, if you’re considering a strategic investment in Hadoop, it’s important to understand the ...

It’s been a big year for Apache Hadoop, the open source project that helps you split your workload among a rack of computers. The buzzword is now well known to your boss but still just a vague and ...

If Hadoop has a problem, it can be expressed simply: Its power is inversely proportional to its ease-of-use. It’s hard to set up, hard to work with, and hard to get real business value out of — yet it ...