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Spark Just Passed Hadoop in Popularity on the Web–Here’s Why

Interest in Apache Spark surpassed Apache Hadoop for the first time last month, according to Google Trends. While it's not a definitive statement of Spark's actual impact on big data processing in the real world, it does Read more…

Hadoop ISVs Break Away from MapReduce, Embrace Spark, In-Memory Processing

Big data analytic software vendors who run on Hadoop are increasingly replacing their MapReduce engines with Apache Spark and other in-memory analytic engines as the runtime of choice. Many of these next-gen Hadoop vendo Read more…

Top Five Big Data Analytics Use Case that Yield High Returns

Athletes Find an Edge with Performance-Enhancing Data

Many hallowed records fell during Major League Baseball's dark "Steroid Era," when illegal drugs boosted the power and stamina of hitters and pitchers alike. Today, competitors in baseball, soccer, and cycling are turnin Read more…