BDNW Issue - 9

#9 - February 8, 2019 Curated news, articles and Books related to Big Data.

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How Big Data is Transforming the Construction Industry?Big data is an effective way to gather and manage a massive amount of relevant information to solve complex business problems. It is used to find areas where the expense can be trimmed and explored to find new methods for increasing profits of a business.12 Best Free and Open Source NoSQL DatabasesNoSQL databases are becoming popular day by day. I have come up with the list of best, free and open source NoSQL databases. MongoDB tops the list of Open Source NoSQL databases. This list of free and open source databases comprises of MongoDB, Cassandra, CouchDB, Hypertable, Redis, Riak, Neo4j, HBASE, Couchbase, MemcacheDB, RevenDB and Voldemort.15 important case studies on Big DataAre you looking for some of good case studies that highlight how large companies leverage Big Data for driving productivity? Check out these 15 important case studies on Big Data.Anatomy of a MapReduce JobHadoop MapReduce jobs are divided into a set of map tasks and reduce tasks that run in a distributed fashion on a cluster of computers. Each task work on a small subset of the data it has been assigned so that the load is spread across the cluster.Amazon Managed Streaming For Kafka (MSK) With Apache Spark On QuboleAWS recently announced Managed Streaming for Kafka (MSK) at AWS re:Invent 2018. Apache Kafka is one of the most popular open source streaming message queues. Kafka provides a high-throughput, low-latency technology for handling data streaming in real time.How to build robust data pipelines in the Big Data ecosystemBuilding a data pipeline with a traditional ETL tool is completely different from developing a data pipeline in the Big Data ecosystem. One of the reason for this is due to the vast number of tools, technologies and components that are there at our disposal.AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open SourceThe specifics of MongoDB and now DocumentDB are not particularly important to this article; basically, MongoDB created a type of database that is more flexible and better suited to largeamounts of both structured and unstructured data.Introducing Scylla Open Source 3.0Scylla is an open source NoSQL database that offers the horizontal scale-out and fault-tolerance of Apache Cassandra, but delivers 10X the throughput and consistent, low single-digit latencies.How Analytics can help you Prevent Customer Problems Before they ariseForeseeing a complex situation before it arises, and acting on the problem to prevent losses, is fundamental to the success of any business. With predictive data now available, organizations can work to address problems, and minimize consumer churn and complications.Big Data GlossaryHere is the Big data glossary, Big Data terms and definitions that would serve as a guide for beginners. Any terms you think we should add? Please Let us know.How Big Data Tech Is Changing the Way We FarmLike many other major industries, the farming sector has been substantially influenced by technology. Let’s specifically look at how big data contributes to changes in farming methods.     Books       Big Data Science & Analytics: A Hands-On Approach  We are living in the dawn of what has been termed as the "Fourth Industrial Revolution", which is marked through the emergence of "cyber-physical systems" where software interfaces seamlessly over networks with physical systems, such as sensors, smartphones, vehicles, power grids or buildings, to create a new world of Internet of Things (IoT).     Programming Hive: Data Warehouse and Query Language for Hadoop   Need to move a relational database application to Hadoop? This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem.          For a detailed list of books covering Big data Data Science, Machine Learning, AI and associated programming languages check out our big data books page.  Want to reach our audience / fellow readers? Consider sponsoring - grab a spot now.    Big Data | Hadoop News | AI | ML | NoSQL | Education | IoT | Cloud