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What’s In the Pipeline for Apache Spark?

According to Apache Spark creator Matei Zaharia, Spark will see a number of new features and enhancements to existing features in 2017, including the introduction of a standard binary data format, better integration with Read more…

How These Banking, Energy, and Pharma Firms Use Spark

Few frameworks have gained so much popularity as quickly as Apache Spark.  The open source technology may not be ubiquitous yet in the analytics world, but it's fast approaching that point. Spark has certainly caught Read more…

Is Spark Overhyped?

There's no doubt that the Apache Spark phenomena has taken the big data world by storm. But can the technology actually deliver according to the tremendous hype that is accompanying it, or has it been oversold? There wer Read more…

Apache Spark Adoption by the Numbers

It's been about three years since Apache Spark burst onto the big data scene and became one of the hottest technologies on the planet. Judging by the numbers surrounding Spark's adoption—including things like salaries, Read more…

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