Everyone knows that big data is a real and growing phenomenon. Different technology vendors offer different perspectives on what big data means, but all of them tip their hat to the fact that the volumes of data that many companies are gathering and analyzing can be big.
When we talk of big data, we also often hear of Hadoop being associated with it in some way. It’s not that everyone is using Hadoop in earnest yet. Most companies I’ve talked to are experimenting (or doing something fairly limited) at the moment, but nearl