Big data storage options

If you implement a different database on top of Hadoop is it still Hadoop? If you replace the file system in Hadoop (or MongoDB) is still Hadoop?

SQL and NoSQL

Adding SQL to a NoSQL database will only be of limited value unless you also have a database optimiser

Getting ahead in the cloud

Cloud-based computing is growing faster than the IT sector as a whole. There are plenty of analysts throwing numbers about regarding cloud spending....