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Databricks demolishes big data benchmark to prove Spark is fast on disk, too
Apache Spark is taking the big data world by storm, but the folks at Databricks wanted to disprove a misconception that its only performance advantages over Hadoop MapReduce come in-memory.
Cloudera: Impala’s it for interactive SQL on Hadoop; everything else will move to Spark
There was a lot of news about Spark’s ascension in the big data ranks this week, as well as some speculation. According to Cloudera’s Mike Olson, his company is widely embracing Spark — including to run Hive — but not in place of Impala.
Databricks announces a Spark cloud and $33M in venture capital
Big data startup Databricks keeps humming along, announcing on Monday a large round of venture capital and a new cloud service that aims to seed adoption of Spark — a framework it says is faster, easier and more versatile than other options.
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Big data startup Databricks is now certifying applications for Spark
Databricks, the company behind the commercialization of the Apache Spark data-processing framework, is certifying third-party software to run on the platform. Spark is gaining popularity as a faster, easier alternative to MapReduce in Hadoop environments.
Sprint just turned its customers into recruiters with its unique spin on the family plan
Sprint’s family plan doesn’t let members share data, texts or minutes. Instead they share a collective discount that grows the more members join. Sprint also expanded its new Spark LTE network to six more markets.
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Sprint’s new Spark network gets a new phone: the Galaxy S 4
Sprint’s(s s) new faster Spark network may be out of reach to most Americans, but it is starting to get more support…
GraphChi: How a Mac Mini outperformed a 1,636-node Hadoop cluster
http://www.bigdatarepublic.com/author.asp?section_id=2840&doc_id=269178 This is a pretty interesting benchmark study, although the headline is a bit misleading because Hadoop isn’t really optimized for graph…
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Spark is a really big deal for big data, and Cloudera gets it
Cloudera has partnered with a startup called Databricks to integrate and support the Apache Spark data-processing platform within Cloudera’s Hadoop software. Spark, which is designed for speed and usability, is one of several technologies pushing Hadoop beyond MapReduce.
Databricks raises $14M from Andreessen Horowitz, wants to take on MapReduce with Spark
A team of professors behind the open source Spark and Shark in-memory big data projects has raised $13.9 million to commercialize the products via a company called Databricks. Spark and Shark are designed to be much faster and more flexible than Hadoop MapReduce and Hive.
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Welcome to Berkeley: Where Hadoop isn’t nearly fast enough
Hadoop not fast enough for you? Then you might want to get to know AMPLab, a University of California, Berkeley team developing faster versions of many core Hadoop components.
