Is it really recommended to join an institute to learn big data with Hadoop, or can it be self-taught?

Growth and Career Prospects in Big Data

Big data is a phrase which is used to describe a very large amount of structured (or unstructured) data. This data is so “big” that it gets problematic to be handled using conventional database techniques and software.  A Big Data Scientist is a business employee who is responsible for handling and statistically evaluating...

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Learn Hadoop and Big Data

Hadoop is a framework which has been developed for organizing and analysing big chunks of data for a business. Suppose you have a file larger than your system’s storage capacity and you can’t store it. Hadoop helps in storing bigger files than what could be stored on one particular server. You can therefore store very,...

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Six Big Data Trends to Watch in 2017 and Beyond

Smart cities, Pokémon Go, Google’s AlphGo algorithm, and much more- 2016 were a happening year from the technology viewpoint. The year has set new milestones for futuristic technologies like Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Big Data. Out of these technologies, Big Data is poised for a big leap in the near...

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Why Should you Become a Data Scientist

We have already discussed why and how “Big Data” is all set to revolutionize our lives, professions and the way we communicate. Data is growing by leaps and bounds. The Walmart database handles over 2.6 petabytes of massive data from several million customer transactions every hour. Facebook database, similarly handles...

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