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• Hortonworks Brings Hadoop 2.0 to Windows

  The Hadoop specialist has announced the general availability of Hortonworks Data Platform 2.0 for Windows, which is designed to bring the power of Hadoop 2.0's YARN-based architecture to Windows data centers.

• Big Data Application Framework Gets Update, SQL Interface

  Open source big data application platform specialist Concurrent has released a new version of the Cascading application framework and simultaneously released Cascading Lingual 1.0, an ANSI SQL interface for Hadoop.

• Facebook Releases Query Engine to Open Source Community

  Facebook has released Presto -- a distributed SQL query engine optimized for running ad-hoc interactive queries on data sources up to petabytes in size -- to the open source community under the Apache license. It says Presto is 10x better than Hive.

• Microsoft's Big Data Service Available After a Year in Preview

  After a year of in-the-field testing, the Windows Azure HDInsight Service, which allows customers to spin up Hadoop clusters in the cloud, gets the green light for release into general availability.

• Hortonworks Makes Hadoop More Versatile in New Distro

  Built on Apache Hadoop YARN architecture, HDP 2.0 changes Hadoop from a single-purpose Web-scale batch data processing platform into multi-use operating system for batch, interactive, online and stream processing.

• How to close the big data skills gap by training your IT staff

  Research firms paint a dire picture of a massive big data skills gap that will get worse over time. But companies like Persado, which uses big data to help marketers optimize their messages, are finding success training their existing staff in the new big data technologies.

• Enterprises confident about tackling big data Initiatives

  CompTIA's Big Data Insights and Opportunities study finds that a majority of organisations feel more positive about big data as a business initiative. They also see significant costs associated with falling behind in managing and using data.

• Splunk and Pentaho Bring Business Intelligence to Machine Data

  Splunk, a specialist in operational intelligence, and business intelligence platform provider Pentaho have formed an alliance designed to bring Splunk's machine-generated data out from the IT department and make it available to business users.

• Splunk moves on Hadoop analytics

  Splunk, best known for its eponymous on-premise and cloud-based analytics offering, has launched a beta program for a new product that delivers a similar set of query, reporting, dashboard and visualisation tools for Hadoop clusters.

• Teradata Portfolio for Hadoop Looks to Ease Big Data Deployments

  Working with partner Hortonworks, Teradata aims to reduce the pain of implementing big data solutions with a host of appliances, customer support and consulting services for Apache Hadoop.

• Get ready for a flood of new Hadoop apps

  The latest release of Apache Hadoop code includes a new workload management tool that backers of the project say will make it easier for developers to build applications for the big data platform.

• Rackspace program looks to 'seed' Cloud workforce

  Rackspace launched the Open Cloud Academy today, a training program to teach skills in various open source areas, such as OpenStack, Hadoop and Linux, with a specific focus on Cloud computing.

• Hadoop Is Not Just for Linux Anymore

  The expanded partnership between Microsoft and Hadoop distribution specialist Hortonworks has borne fruit with the release of a beta of Hortonworks' Hadoop Data Platform for Windows.

• Etsy gets crafty with big data

  Handmade marketplace Etsy has grown to 800,000 sellers and 40+ million monthly visitors. All that activity generates enormous quantities of data, which Etsy uses to drive site improvements.

• HPCC Takes on Hadoop's Big Data Dominance

  Hadoop is everywhere, but a strong competitor is making headway in the market. It's all thanks to years of production use and a solid big data pedigree that powers the billion-dollar LexisNexis database.