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, which ...

Thank heaven for Hive, a data analysis and query front end for Hadoop that makes Hadoop data files look like SQL tables Apache Hive is a specialized execution front end for Hadoop. Hive lets you write ...

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Karmasphere™, the leader in Big Data Intelligence software, announced today the availability of Karmasphere Analyst, productivity software for data professionals ...

Apache Hadoop has been the driving force behind the growth of the big data industry. You'll hear it mentioned often, along with associated technologies such as Hive and Pig. But what does it do, and ...

Hive's SQL-like query language and vastly improved speed on huge data sets make it the perfect partner for an enterprise data warehouse Apache Hive is a tool built on top of Hadoop for analyzing large ...

Have you ever wondered how Google, Facebook and other Internet giants process their massive workloads? Billions of requests are served every day by the biggest players on the Internet, resulting in ...

Despite the growth of “NoSQL” databases over the past few years, SQL is going nowhere isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it seems Structured Query Language is in ascendance in a realm that once seemed ...

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