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Is Big Data Leaving Hadoop Behind?

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-believe-the-hype dept.

knightsirius writes: Big Data was seen as one the next big drivers of computing economy, and Hadoop was seen as a key component of the plans. However, Hadoop has had a less than stellar six months, beginning with the lackluster Hortonworks IPO last December and the security concerns raised by some analysts.. Another survey records only a quarter of big data decision makers actively considering Hadoop. With rival Apache Spark on the rise, is Hadoop being bypassed in big data solutions?

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  1. Re:Nope. Not happening. by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yarn on Hadoop where you can run Hbase, Cassandra, MongoDB, Rainstor, Flume, Storm, R, Mahout and plenty of other Yarn-compatible goodies.

    It's also worth noting that Hortonworks and Cloudera

    I know R. My wife has a Yarn store. WTF are those other things?

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  2. Relevance of Security by Luthair · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is security really that big of a deal? Isn't the intent to run it on a private network to crunch numbers behind the scene?

    We don't ask about the susceptibility of safety deposit boxes to crowbars and dynamite, they're inside a vault.

  3. Re:What Fucking Decade Is It? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hadoop didn't exist in 2005.

    Unless you work in recruitment.