

Hadoop for Beginners: The Basics of the Open Source Data Framework
The past few years have been filled with a great deal of hype about big data. But what is it, and how do you actually go about harnessing its power? According to Wikipedia, big data is a term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing application software is inadequate to deal with them. Big data challenges include capturing data, data storage, data analysis, search, sharing, transfer, visualization, querying, updating and information privacy.