In-memory analytics with Tableau, SparkSQL, and MapR

Last week Tableau released version 9.0 of their data visualisation tool. From a Big Data point of view the nicest new feature was support for querying cached (in-memory) SchemaRDDs (Data…
Uli Bethke April 16, 2015

Big Data Made Easy. The Sonra Hadoop Quick Start Appliance

Big Data: Huge cost savings and revenue opportunities, but daunting Hadoop is a core component of the modern data platform. It is not only up to 25 times less expensive…
Uli Bethke March 12, 2015

Meet Sonra at CeBIT 2015

We will be presenting the Sonra Hadoop Quick Start Appliance at CeBIT next week in Hanover. Meet and greet us in Hall 2, Stand D52 (C58). At Sonra we understand…
Uli Bethke March 11, 2015

Thumbs up for Hadoop User Group Ireland Meetup!

We got excellent feedback for our first Hadoop User Group Ireland meetup. We wined, dined, entertained, and shared knowledge with more than 100 Hadoopers."Well impressed guys. Well done for getting…
Uli Bethke February 24, 2015

Using parameters and variables in Hive CLI

In this blog post we look at how we can address a shortcoming in the Hive ALTER TABLE statement using parameters and variables in the Hive CLI (Hive 0.13 was…
Maciek Kocon February 19, 2015

Get Hadoop Certified with Free Training from MapR

If you want to upskill and get certified on Hadoop you can now do so for free. Thanks to MapR. Over the next couple of weeks they are rolling out…
Uli Bethke January 30, 2015
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