The opportunity and challenge of Big Data from new platforms such as Hadoop is that it opens a new range of analytics. On one hand, Big Data analytics have updated and revived programmatic access to ...

You may not realize it, but Hadoop has already been around for 10 years. Even now, with most organizations having in one way or another adopted it, not everything about it is obvious and clear. But ...

Teradata Aster has launched a new tool which allows business analysts to work with Hadoop data through SQL query structures. Its Aster SQL-H provides a bridge between widely used business intelligence ...

In the world of Hadoop and NoSQL, the spotlight is now on SQL-on-Hadoop engines. Today, many different engines are available, making it hard for organizations to choose. This article presents some ...

Here's a look at different ways to query Hadoop via SQL, some of which are part of the latest edition of MapR's Hadoop distribution SQL: old and busted. Hadoop: new hotness. That’s the conventional ...

On Thursday, Teradata announced a new analytical database platform that combines more traditional SQL database capabilities with the “big data” power of MapReduce, the analytical framework at the ...

Microsoft inched even closer to Hadoop at the PASS Summit 2011, held in Seattle this week, and announced a few product name changes along the way. First off, Microsoft has dropped its "Denali" code ...

SQL is the gateway drug to enterprise adoption says analysts at recent developer conference. Hadoop Summit, leading big data developer conference, saw the maturation of the Hadoop ecosystem. Hadoop is ...

Ten Best Practices for Securing Sensitive Data in Hadoop Actian today launched a free community edition of its SQL-compatible Big Data platform for Hadoop at the Strata + Hadoop World 2014 conference.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced the addition of Apache Drill 0.5 to the MapR Distribution ...