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MapR Frees Hadoop Education

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jan 27, 2015

Hadoop is a big deal in the world of Big Data applications and analysis, but getting qualified staff to actually run Hadoop can be a big challenge. In a bid to help reduce the Big Data skills gap, Hadoop vendor MapR Technologies today announced a series of initiatives that will make up to $50 million worth of training available to users for the low, low price of zero.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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