As the default database for Hadoop, you'd expect HBase to be more popular than it is, but its time may already have passed A few years ago, HBase looked set to become one of the dominant databases in ...

Addressing the need for more big data skills training, Apache Hadoop distribution provider MapR Technologies has announced availability of a complete Apache HBase design and development curriculum on ...

The cloud-based Big Data service, Microsoft Azure HDInsight, now supports Apache HBase clusters. Microsoft announced a technology preview of the Hadoop component just days after announcing HDInsight ...

The underlying programming model for MapReduce has been revamped and has changed quite a bit. Chuck Lam, the author of Hadoop in Action Benefits that keep getting better include high levels of ...