Hadoop 1.0 Release – Big Data for everyone

CloudSpring: Apparently 90% of the data in the world was produced in the last two years – which should give you some idea of just exactly how much data is being accumulated the world around, especially by large companies like Google. The data field is so enormous that traditional methods of linking, searching and retrieving data don’t work any more. This is Big Data. Big Data The term “Big Data” was popularized by Roger Magoulas from O’Reilly in 2005, although avid net trawlers have found evidence of the term being used occasionally as far back as 2001

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Hadoop 1.0 Release – Big Data for everyone