I write a lot about Hadoop, for the obvious reason that it’s the biggest thing going on right now. Last year everyone was talking about it — and this year everyone is rolling it out. Some are still in ...

When it comes to the Hadoop data platform, Hortonworks and Pivotal could scarcely have more dissimilar approaches. The former prides itself on being a non-proprietary, pure open source product; the ...

Considering Hadoop and Spark is not an either-or question. Many companies use both frameworks, especially if there is an existing Hadoop installation. Spark is quite data agnostic as it can access ...