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 ...

Looking for solutions to your Big Data problems? This week many of the biggest stars in the Hadoop universe are showing off their latest and greatest Big Data products at this week's conference in ...

Hadoop on Windows, or on Azure, could speed adoption of big data analytics by making access and analytics using familiar Microsoft tools, more widely available.

MapR Technologies CEO talks about the Apache Hadoop project and what enhancements his company has added.

Hadoop 2.0 reinvents its approach to job processing with YARN 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 ...

Next week opens one the largest Big Data events in the World: The O’Reilly Strata + Hadoop World Conference in New York City. The event is set to draw thousands of Big Data enthusiasts into the ...

With the Hunk integrated analytics platform for Hadoop, Splunk is pursuing its goal of spreading the reach of big data beyond the specialists.

The emergence of Hadoop as a next-generation platform for parallel computing has piqued the interest of customers and investors alike. What mid-sized company looking for a big data edge wouldn’t want ...