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Airbnb’s Brenden Matthews on Hadoop

By Phil Shapiro on August 5, 2016 |

Software and Video

Airbnb’s Brenden Matthews on HadoopHadoop on Mesos

Want to learn more about big data? This video by Brenden Matthews on running Hadoop on Mesos will be a good start.

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Apache Hadoop is open source software for handling large data sets using distributed computing. This engaging video by Airbnb engineer Brenden Matthews explains Hadoop in historical context. I found it useful for familiarizing myself with general Hadoop terminology and concepts.

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Government Analytics Forum: Handling Big Data With Apache Spark

By Phil Shapiro on May 13, 2016 |

Business, Software and Video

The Video Screening Room

If you’re like us, your eyes glaze over whenever the subject of big data or Hadoop comes up. Watch this video and you’ll be able to join the conversation the next time the subject is broached.

When you’re talking big data analysis, you’re almost always talking open source. Apache Hadoop is what often comes to mind as a valuable big data analysis tool. But do you know the advantages that Apache Spark has to offer? This May 5 presentation from IBM’s Government Analytics Forum in Washington, DC does a nice job of explaining the advantages.

Phil Shapiro

For the past 10 years, Phil has been working at a public library in the Washington D.C.-area, helping youth and adults use the 28 public Linux stations the library offers seven days a week. He also writes for MAKE magazine, Opensource.com and TechSoup Libraries. Suggest videos by contacting Phil on Twitter or at pshapiro@his.com.

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