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By Vincent Granville. This book is intended for busy professionals working with data of any kind: engineers, BI analysts, statisticians, operations research, AI and machine learning professionals, economists, data scientists, biologists, and quants, ranging from beginners to executives. In about 300 pages and 28 chapters it covers many new topics, offering a fresh perspective on the subject, including rules of thumb and recipes that are easy to automate or integrate in black-box systems, as well as new model-free, data-driven foundations to statistical science and predictive analytics. The approach f

Today, two of the most popular technologies are Big Data and Cloud Computing that are fundamentally different. On one hand, Big Data is all about dealing with huge data amount. On the other hand, cloud computing is all about handling enterprise infrastructure. Both of these technologies have simplified many business operations together. One of the good examples of the merger of these technologies is Amazon “Elastic Map Reduce” that leverages the power of Big Data Processing and Cloud Computing both. 

The combination of both technologies yields beneficial outcomes for organizations. However, both technologies are in their evolution phase but the combination of both the technologies may leverage cost-effective and scalable business solutions. 

So, can we assume that cloud computing and big data is the perfect and leveraging combination? Well, this article is all about the effect of big data and cloud computing technologies on business operations. 

The Rapport of Big Data and Cloud Computing

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This article was written by Renata Ghisloti Duarte Souza Gra.

In this post I will share some tips I learned after using the Apache Hadoop environment for some years, and  doing many many workshops and courses. The information here considers Apache Hadoop around version 2.9, but it could definably be extended to other similar versions.

These are considerations for when building or using a Hadoop cluster. Some are considerations over the Cloudera distribution. Anyway, hope it helps! 

• Don't use Hadoop for millions of small files. It overloads the namenode and makes it slower. It is not difficult to overload the namenode. Always check capability vs number of files. Files on Hadoop usually should be more than 100 MB.

• You have to have a 1 GB of memory for around 1 million files in the namenode.

• Nodes usually fail after 5 years. Node failures is one of the most frequent problems in Hadoop. Big companies like facebook and google should have node failures by the minute.

• The MySQL on Cloudera Manager

This article was written by Venkatesan M.

Imagine there are two girls standing in front of you – The first girl is cute, beautiful, interesting and has the smile that any guy would die for. And the other girl is average-looking, quiet, not-so-impressive… no different from the ones that you usually see in the restaurant cash counter. Which girl will you call out for a date? If you’re like me, you will choose the attractive girl. You see, life is full of options and making the right choice is what matters the most.

If you’re a Java developer, then you probably have more choices to make – like the switch from Java to Hadoop.

Big data and Hadoop are the two most popular buzzwords in the industry. Chances are that you have come across these two terms on the Java payscale forums or seen your senior colleagues making the switch to get bigger paychecks. I’ll tell you what, the upgrade from Java to Hadoop is not just about staying updated with the latest technology or getting appraisals – it’s ab

Considered as the fourth industrial revolution, Blockchain Technology is making news everywhere. This technology that was created for supporting cryptocurrencies has found ways to enter different industries like finance, commerce, judiciary & so on.

In this article, I will discuss how Blockchain technology was built, how it works & also some of its features. It is a must read for those who have been hearing about the Blockchain technology from here & there and feel curious to know more.

Let us begin!

Background of Blockchain Technology

Invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in the years 2008, Blockchain Technology served as the very effectual public transaction ledger of Bitcoin (cryptocurrency). But now it is going to have a great impact on institutional functions, national governance, education, business operations, & also our day-to-day lives in the twenty-first century, as projected by many scientists.

Moreover, Blockchain Technologies has the power to convert today’s internet of ‘sharing informa

The prior achievement of the internet has largely been reliant on technology and how it has evolved over the years- getting faster and more secure as enterprises continue to grow with analytics and innovation. Big Data is one of these major breakthroughs, serving huge functions at modern organizations. Concepts like data driven machine learning and the ability to store huge amounts of information to gain context from has been hugely beneficial towards the strategic aspects of running international businesses. Organizations have been making huge changes to the structure of their own infrastructure and workplace processes, to accommodate the latest data science systems into their functioning. But, as the industry expands, traditional educational foundations may not cut it and a dynamic approach toward professional development is recommended. To that end, certification programs are ideal for professionals in the industry who seek to hone their skillsets in particular ways depending on the

Imagine there are two girls standing in front of you – The first girl is cute, beautiful, interesting and has the smile that any guy would die for. And the other girl is average-looking, quiet, not-so-impressive… no different from the ones that you usually see in the restaurant cash counter. Which girl will you call out for a date? If you’re like me, you will choose the attractive girl. You see, life is full of options and making the right choice is what matters the most.

If you’re a Java developer, then you probably have more choices to make – like the switch from Java to Hadoop.

Big data and Hadoop are the two most popular buzzwords in the industry. Chances are that you have come across these two terms on the Java payscale forums or seen your senior colleagues making the switch to get bigger paychecks. I’ll tell you what, the upgrade from Java to Hadoop is not just about staying updated with the latest technology or getting appraisals – it’s about being competent and putting your car

In this post I will share some tips I learned after using the Apache Hadoop environment for some years, and  doing many many workshops and courses. The information here considers Apache Hadoop around version 2.9, but it could definably be extended to other similar versions.

These are considerations for when building or using a Hadoop cluster. Some are considerations over the Cloudera distribution. Anyway, hope it helps! 

• Don't use Hadoop for millions of small files. It overloads the namenode and makes it slower. It is not difficult to overload the namenode. Always check capability vs number of files. Files on Hadoop usually should be more than 100 MB.

• You have to have a 1 GB of memory for around 1 million files in the namenode.

• Nodes usually fail after 5 years. Node failures is one of the most frequent problems in Hadoop. Big companies like facebook and google should have node failures by the minute.

• The MySQL on Cloudera Manager does not have redundancy. This could be a point o

Being one of the most interesting topics to have a conversation on nowadays, Data Science is developing every minute and we got to keep pace with the changes taking place in the huge and complex world of Data Science.

An issue that has been worrying a lot of organizations today is the shortage of individuals with data science skills. As per a report by IBM, by the year 2020, the demand for data science professionals is going to expand by 30 percent, however, the chances of this demand being sully met are quite bleak.

If you visit LinkedIn, you will come across nearly 6000 job postings for data scientists. And this high need for talented data scientists is not only being experienced by the United States but almost all the nations around the globe are facing the same challenge.

In this article, we are going to discuss the trends along with predictions that are likely to drive the popular field of data science in the years to come.

1. The responsibilities & skills of data scientist will b

The SAP engineers as well as the software professionals at Sapphire Now have offlate been discussing the possible restrictions and likelihood for SAP S/4HANA for acting as a robust platform primarily for the purpose of managing the enterprise based strategies for Internet of Things as well as Big Data.

The general notion in the mindset of the people is that Internet of Things (IoT) is capable of sending out a tidal wave of enormous quantities of data in any enterprise. It is has been projected that billions of controllers and sensors, who are all capable of connecting to some other machine for the instruction and analysis, are eagerly waiting for the creation of trillions of data events along with transactions. The SAP managers and engineers has gone ahead and shared their views through a series of conversations when they were probed on how an organization could simply reconcile huge data quantities with in-memory built-for-speed computing.

Initially the SAP engineers admitted that sea

Here's a selection of Hadoop-related articles worth checking out. Enjoy the reading!

• 16 resources to learn and understand hadoop 
• A synthetic variance designed for hadoop and big data 
• Salaries for hadoop professionals 
• Ebook getting started with hadoop 
• How to get started with hadoop 
• The growth of hadoop from 2006 to 2014 
• Practical illustration of map-reduce hadoop-style on real data 
• 15 great books for hadoop 

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This tutorial is provided by Guru99. Originally posted here. 

Apache HADOOP is a framework used to develop data processing applications which are executed in a distributed computing environment.

In this tutorial we will learn,

• Components of Hadoop
• Features Of 'Hadoop'
• Network Topology In Hadoop

Similar to data residing in a local file system of personal computer system, in Hadoop, data resides in a distributed file system which is called as a Hadoop Distributed File system.

Processing model is based on 'Data Locality' concept wherein computational logic is sent to cluster nodes(server) containing data. This computational logic is nothing but a compiled version of a program written in a high level language such as Java. Such a program, processes data stored in Hadoop HDFS.

HADOOP is an open source software framework. Applications built using HADOOP are run on large data sets distributed across clusters of commodity computers. Commodity computers are cheap and widely available. These a

Guest blog post by Mohammad Tariq Iqbal

Quite often, while working with Hbase, I used to feel how cool it would be to have a database that can replicate my data to datacenters across the world consistently. So that I can take the pleasure of global availability and geographic locality. And also which will save my data even in case of some catastrophe or natural disaster. Which supports general-purpose transactions, and provides a SQL-based query language. And which has features of an SQL database as well. But it was only untill recently I found out that it is not an imagination anymore.

I was sitting with a senior+friend of mine at a Cafe Coffee Day nearby and having a casual chat on BigData stuff. During the discussion he told me about something called as SPANNER.
(You might be wondering, why the heck I have emphasized on the word spanner so much. Believe me, you will do the same after reading this post).

After that meeting I almost forgot about that incident. Out of the blue, th

Originally posted here by Bernard Marr.

When you learn about Big Data you will sooner or later come across this odd sounding word: Hadoop - but what exactly is it?

Put simply, Hadoop can be thought of as a set of open source programs and procedures (meaning essentially they are free for anyone to use or modify, with a few exceptions) which anyone can use as the "backbone" of their big data operations.

I'll try to keep things simple as I know a lot of people reading this aren't software engineers, so I hope I don't over-simplify anything - think of this as a brief guide for someone who wants to know a bit more about the nuts and bolts that make big data analysis possible.

The 4 Modules of Hadoop

Hadoop is made up of "modules", each of which carries out a particular task essential for a computer system designed for big data analytics.

1. Distributed File-System

The most important two are the Distributed File System, which allows data to be stored in an easily accessible format,

Guest blog post by Bernard Marr

Hadoop – the software framework which provides the necessary tools to carry out Big Data analysis – is widely used in industry and commerce for many Big Data related tasks.

It is open source, essentially meaning that it is free for anyone to use for any purpose, and can be modified for any use. While designed to be user-friendly, in its “raw” state it still needs considerable specialist knowledge to set up and run.

Because of this a large number of commercial versions have come onto the market in recent years, as vendors have created their own versions designed to be more easily used, or supplied alongside consultancy services to get you crunching through your data in no time.

These days, this is often provided in the form of “Hadoop-as-a-service” – all of the installation will actually take place within the vendors own cloud, with customers paying a subscription to access the services.

Here’s a run-down, in no particular order, of 10 of the mos

Guest blog post by Michael Walker

Batch data processing is an efficient way of processing high volumes of data is where a group of transactions is collected over a period of time. Data is collected, entered, processed and then the batch results are produced (Hadoop is focused on batch data processing). Batch processing requires separate programs for input, process and output. An example is payroll and billing systems.

In contrast, real time data processing involves a continual input, process and output of data. Data must be processed in a small time period (or near real time). Radar systems, customer services and bank ATMs are examples.

While most organizations use batch data processing, sometimes an organization needs real time data processing. Real time data processing and analytics allows an organization the ability to take immediate action for those times when acting within seconds or minutes is significant. The goal is to obtain the insight required to act prudently at th

Guest blog post by Michael Walker

Big data analytical ecosystem architecture is in early stages of development. Unlike traditional data warehouse / business intelligence (DW/BI) architecture which is designed for structured, internal data, big data systems work with raw unstructured and semi-structured data as well as internal and external data sources. Additionally, organizations may need both batch and (near) real-time data processing capabilities from big data systems.

Lambda architecture - developed by Nathan Marz - provides a clear set of architecture principles that allows both batch and real-time or stream data processing to work together while building immutability and recomputation into the system. Batch processes high volumes of data where a group of transactions is collected over a period of time. Data is collected, entered, processed and then batch results produced. Batch processing requires separate programs for input, process and output. An example is payroll

Data is an advantage for industries as it benefits them make up-to-date choices. Strange! Data is being produced at an extraordinary rate and establishments are hording it like there’s not any tomorrow, generating enormous data groups we call big data. But is big data serving these businesses or is it just obscuring the decision-making procedure? We will find out.

Big data has numerous applications and, collective with analytics, is cast-off to find responses to glitches in a variation of businesses. For organisations, it can benefit them comprehend customer behavior and get most out of business procedures, all of which, in concept, should help administrators make sound choices to drive business development. But like so numerous things that complete good in concept, it’s not precisely working out for numerous organisations. In a worldwide review of over 300 C-level initiative administrators by Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), which was complemented by in-depth meetings wit

Price discrimination and downward demand spiral are widely used analytical concepts/practices in the Airlines and Hospitality industries respectively, long before the term Big Data Analytics was even coined. Incidentally, these concepts have been taught in global elite b-schools for decades. So, how come Analytics, which has been there in practice for decades experience a meteoric rise suddenly? To answer this question, we need to get the Big Picture. Given below are key factors that led to huge buzz around analytics today.

• Proliferation of Data Sources – Every day we create 5 quintillion bytes of data. This comes from digital footprints left on social media platforms, IoT sensors, wearables, transactions to name a few. Interesting fact is that only 1% of data collected is ever analyzed. To put into perspective all that innovation and insights driven by analytics are from analyzing just 1% of the data collected globally.

• Change in Customers’ expectations – Today connected