The tutorial shows a developer where to download the source files from Apache, how to unpack the helper executables, and provides a small set of Java code.

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 ...

Hadoop has forever changed the economics and dynamics of large-scale computing, and its use among enterprises looking to augment their traditional data warehouses continues to grow. During the first ...

Hadoop veteran Arun Murthy says Apache Slider will have a major bearing on the future versatility and take-up of the distributed big-data technology.

Hadoop turns 10, Big Data industry rolls along Apache Hadoop, the open source project that arguably sparked the Big Data craze, turned 10 years old this week.

Actian Corp. has added support for Apache Spark to its hybrid data management, analytics and integration platform. Actian Vector in Hadoop, known as VectorH, uses vector processing and multi-level ...

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 ...

Hadoop may ultimately enable a renaissance in the user experience, but it hasn’t so far. After years of hype, you can’t blame business users who sometimes feel that Hadoop is a white elephant.

Microsoft, IBM, Oracle: Three vendors, three different paths on dealing with the Hadoop open-source data processing technology The three leaders of the relational database market are responding to ...

The three leaders of the relational database market are responding to the sudden mania for the data processing technology Hadoop in three very different ways. While startups and established data ...