Hadoop provides an economically viable storage layer without which the big data revolution would be impossible. The revolution will not be complete until we have practical techniques for turning this ...

Fortunately, there are alternatives to Hadoop when it comes to big data projects. While not applicable to all situations, I've found that a Hadoop alternative can save time, money and slash risk.

Harness Hadoop with these seven top-flight tools for reporting, analysis, visualization, integration, and development.

In the big data battle for architectural supremacy, the cloud is clearly winning and Hadoop is clearly losing. Customers are shying away from investing in monolithic Hadoop clusters in favor of more ...

To be data-driven requires an overarching data culture that couples a number of elements, including high-quality data, broad access and data literacy and appropriate data-driven decision-making ...

Check out some of the hot Hadoop-related technologies vendors plan to show off at this week's Hadoop World conference in New York.

With big data such a hot area, solution providers need to keep up with the key players. Here are 11 start-ups building businesses around Hadoop.

The PricewaterhouseCoopers Center for Technology and Innovation has published an in-depth guide to the Big Data building blocks and how they relate to both IT deployment and business usage.

For some time Microsoft didn't offer a solution for processing big data in cloud environments. SQL Server is good for storage, but its ability to analyze terabytes of data is limited. Hadoop ...

We believe that a similar class of big data companies are in the making with companies such as Platfora, which are built natively on Hadoop and rapidly deliver insights visually and iteratively. 4.