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MapReduce and MPP: Two sides of the Big Data coin?
To many, Big Data goes hand-in-hand with Hadoop + MapReduce. But MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) and data warehouse appliances are Big Data technologies too. The MapReduce and MPP worlds have been pretty separate, but are now starting to collide. And that’s a good thing.
Podium Data becomes Qlik Data Catalyst
After last year's acquisition of Podium Data by Qlik, the data catalog product has been re-branded and rid of its Hadoop technology dependencies.
Azure HDInsight gets its own Hadoop distro, as big data matures
Microsoft's new home-brewed Hadoop distribution lets Azure HDInsight keep on truckin' in a post-Hortonworks big data world.
Azure Synapse Analytics data lake features: up close
Microsoft has added a slew of new data lake features to Synapse Analytics, based on Apache Spark. It also integrates Azure Data Factory, Power BI and Azure Machine Learning. These features are still in public preview, but that's good enough for us to take a visual tour of what's new.
The Odd Couple: Hadoop and Data Security
Cloudera has launched its Sentry security module for Hive and Impala. But is a more comprehensive security solution for Hadoop possible?
Hortonworks Data Platform 2.0 ships
Iconic Hadoop player ships Hadoop 2.0-based version of its distro
Tableau Online released
The Tableau data exploration and visualization suite is now available in the cloud. The cost? $500 per user, per year.
Is the sky the limit for Flash and In-Memory Databases?
In-memory databases are hot, but tiered storage may be our cooler destination.
Analytics – The Next Wave in DevOps
Think analytics is just about data from databases, logs and sensor output? Think again. Analytics can actually help developers debug their apps and prioritize feature support.