The database's 1.0 version clears away legacy API clutter and improves documentation as it takes on Cassandra and MongoDB Corks popped earlier this week in the halls of the Apache Foundation, as its ...

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) signed off on version 1.0 of HBase, the "Hadoop database," after seven years of development. Running on top of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), Apache ...

Code submitted this week for inclusion in the Hadoop stack will help speed the spread of the distributed big-data platform, according to Hortonworks co-founder Arun Murthy. The submission of the ...

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 ...

JNBridge, the Boulder, Colo.-based maker of tools that connect Java and .NET Framework-based components and apps, last week released another in its evolving series of free interoperability kits. The ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

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What: MapR's Chief Marketing Officer Jack Norris will present a session titled, "Design considerations and the economics behind data warehouse offloading with Hadoop." Hadoop is being actively used ...

Big Data is emerging as an important tool to help organizations learn more about their business operations, product performance, and customer purchasing behavior. It is misunderstood by the media ...