Hadoop (Company) - Bloor Research

Append-only databases and the GDPR conundrum

How do you apply the right to erasure (a GDPR requirement) if you use an append-only database? Short answer: you can’t.

Security is important for Hadoop data resources. This means that you must come to grips with Kerberos.

Discussing the Open Data Platform and Apache Spark

Spark is the next big thing for Hadoop but is it too much too soon?

Speeding up data mining without diminishing its predictive power is an elusive goal, but RapidMiner look like they have a game changer of a solution

MapR have made a surprisingly large number of announcements recently. That's probably good news.

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?

I take a look at Pervasive's DataRush, potentially the most disruptive idea in analytics since Bill Inmon told us to build data warehouses.

Will appliances take over the Hadoop marketplace and, if so, what will be the fallout?

A first look at Pentaho and the scope of its capability