Today, DataStax released Brisk, an open-source Hadoop distribution that adds real-time features and reduces the complexity with deploying and running Hadoop and Hive. Apache Cassandra powers Brisk; ...

In what appears to be a change in direction, Hortonworks has released a completely open source Hadoop distribution based on Apache Hadoop that will compete head-on with Cloudera’s CDH3. The new ...

When it comes to optimizing Hadoop performance, DevOps professionals and the administrators who manage distributed storage and processing systems might want to pull out a page or two from their high ...

In the new world of big data and the data-driven enterprise, data has been likened to the new oil, a company’s crown jewels, and the transformative effect of the advent of electricity. Whatever you ...