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SAP Vora Gets Analytics, Cloud Upgrades

Building on its acquisition of Hadoop specialist Altiscale Inc., SAP is combining the latest release of its Vora in-memory distributed computing platform with its big data cloud as it extends the Apache Spark framework t Read more…

SAP Expands Hadoop Reach With Altiscale Deal

SAP completed it acquisition of big data analytics startup Altiscale Inc. this week, saying it would fold Altiscale's data cloud and Hadoop services into its existing SAP HANA cloud and emerging analytics efforts. Rep Read more…

ODPi Tackles Hive with Latest Hadoop Runtime Spec

ODPi today unveiled the second major release of its Runtime Specification that's geared at setting a standard for Hadoop components to ensure greater interoperability among distributions and third-party products. New add Read more…

Altiscale Deal Would Boost SAP Hadoop Offerings

In a bid to enhance its enterprise cloud software offerings with expanded Hadoop services, SAP is reportedly acquiring big data analytics startup Altiscale Inc. The web site VentureBeat.com reported late last week tha Read more…

Why Hadoop Must Evolve Toward Greater Simplicity

Developers have been filing the rough edges off Apache Hadoop ever since the open source project started to gain traction in the enterprise. But if Hadoop is going to take the next step and become the backbone of analyti Read more…

Data Lake Showdown: Object Store or HDFS?

The explosion of data is causing people to rethink their long-term storage strategies. Most agree that distributed systems, one way or another, will be involved. But when it comes down to picking the distributed system-- Read more…

Apache Spark Ecosystem Continues To Build

Apache Spark was everywhere at the recent Strata + Hadoop World conference. From Tableau's new Spark interface to the new Spark as a service (SaaS) offerings and Intel's new Spark initiative, the big data framework was v Read more…