SQL on Hadoop for Enterprise Analytics from DATAVERSITY To view the On Demand recording of this webinar, click HERE>> This webinar was sponsored by: About the Webinar Hear why SQL on Hadoop is the future of analytics. Mike Xu, Looker Data Architect and Evangelist will share how recent updates to SQL query engines like Spark […]
Most In-Demand Data Science Skills of 2016
by Angela Guess Seamus Breslin recently wrote in InsideBigData, “Big data has been the watchword for a while in IT, so it’s no surprise that data science skills are in hot demand and the job has perhaps mischievously been labelled as the ‘sexiest job in the 21st century’ by the Harvard Business Review. It’s a […]
The Benefits of a Hadoop Distribution
by Angela Guess David Loshin recently wrote in Search Data Management, “Many companies are struggling to manage the massive amounts of data they collect. Whereas in the past they may have used a data warehouse platform, such conventional architectures can fall short for dealing with data originating from numerous internal and external sources and often […]
Spark is Catching Up to Hadoop
by Angela Guess Sooraj Shah reports in Computing, “Hadoop and Spark are leading the way as the primary big data processing platforms for organisations in the UK, according to research from Computing. More than 500 people who work in IT responded to a nationwide online quantitative study among companies that have 100 or more employees […]
Working with Big Data’s Many Faces
How well acquainted are enterprises with knowing when to take advantage of Hadoop and when to leverage NoSQL? And how well prepared are their IT teams with the skills needed to go in either direction? How well are they grappling with the realities of Big Data? These were some of the questions tackled by Randy […]
Looker Expands Business Analytics to Big Data Tech with Presto & Spark SQL Support
by Angela Guess A recent article out of the company reports, “Looker, the business intelligence platform that is powering data-driven companies, today announced support for Presto and Spark SQL as well as updates to its support for Impala and Hive. Looker allows enterprises to describe, define and analyze the data where it lives, significantly eliminating […]
Apache Spark Continues to Gain Popularity
by Angela Guess Brian Taylor reports in TechRepublic, “Apache Spark continues to attract attention in the big data world, where it’s expected to help drive the next wave of innovation. A survey on Hadoop from big data company Syncsort showed that 70% of survey participants are most interested in Spark, higher even than MapReduce, the […]
Hadoop Turns 10
by Angela Guess Andrew Brust reports on ZDnet, “It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. The Apache Hadoop project, the open source implementation of Google’s File System (GFS) and MapReduce execution engine, turned 10 this week. The technology, originally part of Apache Nutch, an even older open source project for Web crawling, was separated out […]
Geospatial Data, Hadoop, and Spark
by Angela Guess Jack Vaughan recently wrote in Search Data Management, “As people accumulate big data and then look to do something useful with it, one of the first things they do is put it on a map. It’s a simple first step, but it can be a challenging one. We asked Mansour Raad to […]
The 3 Biggest Big Data Trends of 2016, According to a New Report
by Angela Guess Ken Hess recently wrote in ZDnet, “In a new survey conducted by Syncsort, 250 prominent respondents including data architects, IT managers, developers, business intelligence/data analysts, and data scientists weigh in on big data trends to watch in 2016. Two-thirds of those surveyed work in companies with over $100 million in annual revenue. […]