Hadoop in 5 minutes

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What is Hadoop really? Hadoop is an open source development project managed by Apache.  It is based on some technology originally written by Google.  There are multiple modules (code bases) available and all perform different tasks, but all focused on the primary directive of Hadoop, processing large volumes of data in a highly available environment.  … Continued

Big Data Infrastructure

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Big Data Infrastructure Definitions for Business Intelligence and Big Data are a lot like a Picasso or Matisse, abstract & defined by the subjective impressions of the viewer.  However, making Business Intelligence (or Analytics) happen with raw, unstructured, or streaming data pushes us out of the theoretical/abstract and into the tangible delivery focused realm. What … Continued