The demand for job skills related to data processing — NoSQL, Apache Hadoop, Python, and a smattering of other such skills — has hit all-time highs, according to statistics collected by tech job site ...

Splunk says its Hunk product for Hadoop will open up big-data analytics to a wider business audience and also make life easier for developers. Hunk, which is now downloadable for a free 60-day trial, ...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is bringing Hadoop to the Windows Azure cloud. The popular big-data analytics framework is now available on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. On the one hand, it's great to see ...

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Big Data is confusing — and not just for business leaders. CIOs find it befuddling, too. Scott Schlesinger, vice president and head of North American Business Information Management at Capgemini, ...

The new Hadoop is nothing less than the Apache Foundation’s attempt to create a whole new general framework for the way big data can be stored, mined, and processed. It ought to not only further ...

Apache Hadoop has been the driving force behind the growth of the big data industry. You'll hear it mentioned often, along with associated technologies such as Hive and Pig. But what does it do, and ...

It’s in the nature of hype bubbles to obscure important new paradigms behind a cloud of excitement and exaggerated claims. For example, the phrase “big data” has been so widely and poorly applied that ...

In the vast universe of IT, data is categorized as being either structured or unstructured, from a macro perspective. Generation of unstructured data is orders of magnitude higher than that generated ...

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 ...