With the massive amount of data proliferating the Web, companies such as Google and many others are building new technologies to sort it all. Core to that movement is something called MapReduce, a ...

Last time I wrote about Hadoop, I talked about its challenge to traditional SQL-based databases. I left off with mentioning that some SQL proponents have compared Apache Hadoop to Linux 10 years ago.

Anticipating greater Apache Hadoop use in production environments, Cloudera has outfitted its commercial distribution of the data processing framework with additional configuration and management ...

Software stability is a key requirement for large companies, and Hortonworks is taking a big step in that direction with a new release cadence for its enterprise Hadoop software. Starting with the ...

Cloudera expands its commercial Hadoop packages, gears up to offer the technology to enterprises as an alternative to relational databases Cloudera has unveiled a new set of Hadoop management tools, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 15 — MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache Hadoop, today announced that its big data experts will present on stage throughout the week at ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 14 — Hosts Hortonworks and Yahoo! announced the 7th Annual Apache Hadoop Summit has been expanded to three days to accommodate the significant amount of Hadoop-related products ...

Anticipating greater Apache Hadoop use in production environments, Cloudera has outfitted its commercial distribution of the data processing framework with additional configuration and management ...