The potential of “big data,” the massive explosion of sources of information from sensors, smart devices, and all other devices connected to the Internet, is probably under-appreciated in terms of its eventual business impact. However, to take maximum advantage of big data, IT is going to have to press the re-start button on its architecture for acquiring and understanding information. IT will need to const ...

Earlier today Pentaho announced support for Apache Hadoop – read about it here. There are many reasons we are doing this: 1. Hadoop lacks graphical design tools – Pentaho provides plug-able design tools. 2. Hadoop is Java - Pentaho’s technologies are Java. 3. Hadoop needs embedded ETL – Pentaho Data Integration is easy to embed. 4. Pentaho’s open source model enables us to provide technology with great pric ...

Loraine Lawson spoke with Richard Daley, founder and CEO of the open source data-integration and BI vendor, Pentaho. In this week's Q&A, he explains what Hadoop is and how it's used to tackle “big data problems.” Next week, he'll share how Hadoop changes things for data integration... Follow this posting on ITBusinessEdge..... Find other postings from ITBusinessEdge... ...

Pentaho has been talking about a Hadoop-related strategy. Unfortunately, in support of its Hadoop efforts, Pentaho has been — quite insistently — saying things that don’t make a lot of sense to people who know anything about Hadoop. Follow this posting on DBMS2.com... Find other postings from DBMS2.com... ...