Trends Report

Brief: An Elastic Analytics Platform

SQL-For-Hadoop Foreshadows A Next-Generation Platform For Elastic Analytics On Big Data

July 24th, 2015
Brian Hopkins, VP, Emerging Tech Portfolio
Brian Hopkins VP, Emerging Tech Portfolio
With contributors:
Elizabeth Cullen , Leslie Owens , Henry Baltazar , Diane Lynch

Summary

A majority of global firms will likely have implemented Hadoop by the end of 2015, and most will probably exploit at least one solution to execute structured queries against the data they store there. But Hadoop's limitations make it a less-than-ideal platform for all the analytics these firms will need. Enterprise architecture (EA) professionals planning their road maps must learn how digital natives are augmenting Hadoop to achieve new levels of scalability and flexibility in the cloud. Read this report to learn how this emerging elastic analytics platform will become available for hybrid and on-premises architectures. Use it to prepare for even bigger data, faster performance requirements, and more business technology change.

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