Apache Spark has become the de facto standard for processing data at scale, whether for querying large datasets, training machine learning models to predict future trends, or processing streaming data ...

MapR Technologies Inc., is getting serious about addressing the well-known “skills gap” in tech; it just rolled out a new on-demand training and certification course for Apache Spark, the in-memory ...

Released last year in July, Apache Spark 2.0 was more than just an increase in its numerical notation from 1.x to 2.0: It was a monumental shift in ease of use, higher performance, and smarter ...

Apache Spark with Java 8 is proving to be the perfect match for Big Data. Spark 1.0 was just released this May, and it’s already surpassed Hadoop in popularity on the Web. Java 8, the latest version, ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More Results of a new survey indicate that the Apache Spark big ...

Hazelcast Inc. is pitching an updated version of its open-source Hazelcast Jet big-data platform for stream processing. The headline feature is a new application programming interface for its ...

After an absence of about a year, and a stint as Research Director at the now defunct Gigaom Research, I've returned to ZDNet to cover Big Data. The year went by pretty quickly, but a number of things ...