Helpful article on Apache Spark with use cases
March 4, 2017 Comments Off on Helpful article on Apache Spark with use cases
I recently wrote Spark for Dummies in partnership with IBM. For those curious about this highly interesting and innovative technology – and the numerous scenarios where it can add value – there are increasing numbers of helpful online resources. A good example of what I mean is a recent article by Radek Ostrowski from Toptal. He provides a concise Spark overview, along with some sample use cases.
I’ll continue to cross reference online resources like this as I run across them. If you’d like to read more about all things Big Data, be sure to check out some of my other related postings.
Spark for Dummies is now available
January 1, 2017 Comments Off on Spark for Dummies is now available
A few years ago, I wrote Hadoop for Dummies, which presented an executive-level overview of Hadoop, its capabilities, and its amazing potential. Since then, the Big Data world has continued its relentless march forward, with Apache Spark serving as one of the most exciting and well-adopted new technologies. I’m happy to announce that I’ve just written a companion book dedicated to Spark. Here are the major topics that I cover in this book:
- Spark’s history
- How it works
- Why it’s such an important Big Data breakthrough
- Real world use cases
- How Spark, MapReduce, and Hadoop can work together
- How you can deploy it in your enterprise
- Best practices
You can download a copy here.
This book – which was sponsored by IBM – is a great example of the kinds of high quality technical marketing content developed at Think88. These include white papers, case studies, evaluation guides, technical presentations, and market research.
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