Apache Solr real-time live index updates at scale with Apache Hadoop

Episode # 22 of the podcast was a talk with Patrick Hunt We talked about the new work that has…

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The future of Big Data is linked to Cloud

Data volumes are growing exponentially. Unstructured data from Twitter, LinkedIn, Mailling Lists, etc. has the potential to transform many industries…

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Can MapReduce solve planning problems?

To solve a planning or optimization problem, some solvers tend to scale out poorly: As the problem has more variables…

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Big data: when single node is better than clustered

There’s a lot of hype about “big data” and a general trend to try to apply Hadoop to almost every…

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Big Data: What about Security?

From the first time Hadoop appeared it had a security problem. Apache Knox and Cloudera Manager have been solutions for…

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NoSQL is not just about BigData

There is so much debate on the SQL vs NoSQL subject, and probably this is our natural way of understanding…

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Big Data the ‘reactive’ way

A metatrend going on in the IT industry is a shift from query-based, batch oriented systems to (soft) realtime updated…

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Drones and Big Data

Two weeks ago, I had a conversation with some colleagues where I was postulating a future bull market for drones,…

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Creating an on-line recommender system with Apache Mahout

Recently we’ve been implementing a recommender system for Yap.TV: you can see it in action after installing the app and…

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