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Big Data Processing with Apache Spark – Part 1: Introduction

Apache Spark is an open source big data processing framework built around speed, ease of use, and sophisticated analytics. In this article, Srini Penchikala talks about how Apache Spark framework helps with big data processing and analytics with its standard API. He also discusses how Spark compares with traditional MapReduce implementation like Apache Hadoop.

Srini Penchikala
on Jan 30, 2015
Building a Mars Rover Application with DynamoDB

DynamoDB is a NoSQL database service that aims to be easily managed, so you don't have to worry about administrative burdens such as operating and scaling. This article shows how to use Amazon DynamoDB to create a Mars Rover application. You can use the same concepts described in this post to build your own web application.

Daniela Miao Kenta Yasukawa
on Jan 25, 2015
Apache Ignite GridGain Incubator Project - Q&A Interview with Nikita Ivanov

GridGain announced that the In-Memory Data Fabric has been accepted into Apache Incubator program as Apache Ignite. InfoQ spoke with Nikita Ivanov about their product becoming part of Apache.

Srini Penchikala
on Dec 03, 2014
How to Effectively Map SQL Data to a NoSQL Store

Sytze Harkema explains how to save and retrieve relational SQL data into a NoSQL key-value store as implemented by FoundationDB, an open source, scalable, fault tolerant and ACID database.

Sytze Harkema
on Oct 23, 2014
A Rails Enthusiast’s take on MEAN.js

John looks at AngularJS and the MEAN stack as an alternative to Ruby on Rails as a productive stack for building typical web applications.

John Troxel
on Oct 03, 2014
Let Me Graph That For You

In this article on Graph Databases, author Ian Robinson discusses the problems Graph DBs aim to solve. He also talks about the data, storage, and query models for managing variably structured, densely connected data.

Ian Robinson
on Sep 29, 2014
Aerospike NoSQL Database Architecture

Aerospike is an open source distributed Key-Value NoSQL database. It supports flexible data schemas and ACID transactions. InfoQ spoke with Brian Bulkowski, Aerospike co-founder and CTO, about the NoSQL database architecture, advantages and its limitations.

Srini Penchikala
on Sep 25, 2014
Nikita Ivanov on GridGain’s In-Memory Accelerator for Hadoop

GridGain recently announced the In-Memory Accelerator for Hadoop, offering the benefits of in-memory computing to Hadoop based applications. It includes two components: an in-memory file system and a MapReduce implementation. InfoQ spoke with Nikita Ivanov, CTO of GridGain about the architecture of the product.

Srini Penchikala
on Sep 08, 2014
Apache CouchDB: The Definitive Introduction

Apache CouchDB is an open source document NoSQL database that uses JSON for storing documents. In this article, Jan Lehnardt gives an overview of CouchDB, its architecture and what problems it aims to solve and why it is different from all other databases.

Jan Lehnardt
on Aug 28, 2014
Practical Cassandra: A Developer's Approach - Book Review and Interview

Practical Cassandra: A Developer's Approach book by Russell Bradberry and Eric Lubow, is a developer's guide to build applications using Cassandra NoSQL database. InfoQ spoke with the authors about the book, Cassandra data model, design considerations and how Cassandra performs concurrency and versioning of the data sets.

Srini Penchikala
on Aug 21, 2014
Data Modeling with Key Value NoSQL Data Stores – Interview with Casey Rosenthal

In Key Value data stores, data is represented as a collection of key–value pairs. The key–value model is one of the simplest non-trivial data models, and richer data models are implemented on top of it. InfoQ spoke with Casey Rosenthal from Basho team about the data modeling concepts and best practices when using these NoSQL databases for data management.

Srini Penchikala
on Jun 25, 2014
Rich Reimer on SQL-on-Hadoop Databases and Splice Machine

SQL-on-Hadoop technologies include a SQL layer or a SQL database over Hadoop. These solutions are becoming popular recently as they solve the data management issues of Hadoop and provide a scale-out alternative for traditional RDBMSs. InfoQ spoke with Rich Reimer, VP of Marketing and Product Management at Splice Machine about the architecture and data patterns for SQL in Hadoop databases.

Srini Penchikala
on Jun 19, 2014