Hadoop

Data is growing at an exponential pace. Based on recent numbers from IDC, the total amount of data in 2015 (4.4ZB) will grow to 44ZB in 2020. Franky, how much is in Zettabyte is almost inconsequential. It is the fact…

Over eight months ago, I joined Intel to work on their next-generation data analytics platform. In large, my decision was based on Intel’s desire to address the “voodoo magic” in Big…

I am excited to share with you today that starting Monday I will be joining the Big Data team at Intel. Yes, Intel. While not traditionally known for its software offerings, Intel has recently entered the Big Data space by introducing their own, 100% open source Hadoop…

The “high-priests” of Big Data have spoken. Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is now the de facto standard platform for data storage. You may have heard this “heresy” uttered before. But, for me, it wasn’t until the…