Apache Hadoop has been the driving force behind the growth of the big data industry. But what does it do, and why do you need all its strangely-named friends, such as Oozie, Zookeeper and Flume?

RainStor is offering an updated RainStor Database to both improve security for Apache Hadoop-based research and to simplify searching and analysis.

On the 10-year-anniversary of the birth of the Apache Hadoop project, co-creator Doug Cutting reflects on Hadoop's beginnings and where its future.

Hadoop is a popular open-source distributed storage and processing framework. This primer about the framework covers commercial solutions, Hadoop on the public cloud, and why it matters for business.

3+ Alternatives to Apache Hadoop - SiliconANGLENext week the SiliconAngle team is heading to the HadoopWorld event in New York City. We’ll be broadcasting theCube live and covering all the ...

MapR Technologies announced M7 as a way to reduce the complexity of Apache Hadoop environments, improve overall performance and increase solution reliability.

Researchers have discovered a new malware attack campaign that exploits misconfigurations in Apache Hadoop and Flink, two technologies for processing big data sets and data streams. The attackers ...

Apache Hadoop manages data processing & storage for big data. Learn more about its features and how it works now.

All of the leading commercial Hadoop distributions are compatible with Apache Hadoop, so what sets them apart? Here's how the leading commercial distributions identified by Forrester Research compare.

Interest in Apache Spark surpassed Apache Hadoop for the first time last month, according to Google Trends. While it’s not a definitive statement of Spark’s actual impact on big data processing in the ...