iTnews dared open source IT consultant Dez Blanchfield to build a Hadoop testbed that even a lowly tech journalist could build for themselves - you're about to enjoy the result. Below we have posted ...

In the world of big data, it’s not the closed-source software that’s making waves. Rather, the open-source community is the one that’s pushing boundaries. And, in the open-source space, it’s Hadoop ...

Microsoft's getting into the Hadoop game, and people are skeptical. Can Microsoft really embrace open source technology? And if it can, will it end up co-opting it somehow, or will it truly play nice?