The Future Looks Bright for Hadoop MapReduce

Michael Garrity — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The big data boom has changed a lot on the Web. Most notably, it has spurred the creation and development of many new technologies, and none of them has made a bigger impact than the Apache Hadoop open source software framework.

As the Web continues to grow and we develop more ways for users to access it, big data will only get bigger. Because of this, Hadoop is one of the most important projects out there. But you don’t have to take my word for it, just look at a new report from MarketAnalysis.com to get a look at the exponential growth of Hadoop MapReduce.

According to the “Hadoop-MapReduce Market Forecast 2013-2018,” Hadoop MapReduce is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 58 percent by 2018, which accounts for approximately $2.2 billion.

It seems clear that Hadoop is well-positioned to become the industry standard technology for managing big data and business intelligence solutions, and it presents opportunities for business environments that rely heavily on big data. As they begin to see a growing need to accommodate increasing amounts of data that they have to process, store, and analyze, they also see more cost-prohibitive pricing models being imposed by established IT vendors.

These issues negatively impact the IT budgets of many companies, but thanks to the open source nature of Hadoop, it becomes more of a viable and cost-effective solution every day.

To purchase the full report, click here.

Hadoop and HBase for Infolinks

Pete Prestipino — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Here’s one news items that both the developer community and Internet marketers might find interesting. Online in-text advertising service Infolinks has implemented Hadoop and HBase to their system. I know, exciting right? Actually, strangely, it is.

By implementing these technologies, Infolinks will be able to provide much more finely-tuned statistics – which the company hopes will improve the publisher payouts and advertiser exposure. “The integration of Hadoop and HBase enhances our analytical capabilities for the large amount of data at our disposal, which in turn raises the precision of our keywords,” shared Moshe Moses, Infolinks CTO and VP of R&D.

Hadoop provides a framework for large scale parallel processing using a distributed file system and the map-reduce programming paradigm. The Apache Hadoop project develops open-source software for scalable, distributed computing. Hadoop includes such subprojects as Map Reduce and HBase - a scalable, distributed database that supports structured data storage for large tables.

Infolinks and similar in-text advertising services have been for the most part on the fringe of available promotional and monetization considerations. Using technologies currently in play by companies like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon is certainly a way to return to the view of Web professionals (or it should be).

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The Future Looks Bright for Hadoop MapReduce

Hadoop and HBase for Infolinks