Roaring Elephant

In this episode we'll cover some an introduction to NiFi complete with an interview with Joe Witt, Senior Director of Engineering at Hortonworks who explains exactly where NiFi came from and how it fits into your Big Data plans.

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An introduction to NiFiIn this episode we'll cover some an introduction to NiFi complete with an interview with Joe Witt, Senior Director of Engineering at Hortonworks who explains exactly where NiFi came from and how it fits into your Big Data plans. Read more »

In this episode we'll cover the basics of Apache Spark, including typical deployment situations, architecture and usage.

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An introduction to SparkIn this episode we'll cover the basics of Apache Spark, including typical deployment situations, architecture and usage. Read more »

A bit of Hadoop history of what we have seen happening over the last 12 months, some trends and interesting technologies. Some ups, some downs and possibly even some round and rounds, capped off with some Bold Predictions for 2016.

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Hadoop: Year in ReviewA bit of Hadoop history of what we have seen happening over the last 12 months, some trends and interesting technologies. Some ups, some downs and possibly even some round and rounds, capped off with some Bold Predictions for 2016. Read more »

What are the hardware and implementation options we see.A discussion ranging from direct attached storage versus network attached storage/storage area networks, to on-premise hardware versus cloud options.

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High level Hadoop architectures What are the hardware and implementation options we see. A discussion ranging from direct attached storage versus network attached storage/storage area networks, to on-premise hardware versus cloud options. Read more »

When you are getting started with your journey with Hadoop, how to avoid Hadoop disaster? We have seen many people going through this journey and both of us have seen things people do that makes the project successful, and things people do that make projects more difficult than they should be.

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Some lessons learned on starting with hadoop When you are getting started with your journey with Hadoop, what can go wrong? We have seen many people going through this journey and both of us have seen things people do that makes the project successful, and things people do that make projects more difficult than they should be.Read more »