Hadoop and Managed Services: Big Data Deal or Big Hype? | Linux Today

Hadoop and Managed Services: Big Data Deal or Big Hype?

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Joe Panettieri
May 21, 2012

Apache Hadoop, the open source data management platform, is starting to connect in the managed services provider market. An example: MetaScale is building a Hadoop managed services business practice to help customers address Big Data issues. Is this the start of a bigger trend?

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Joe Panettieri

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