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Big Data: A Tutorial-Based Approach explores the tools and techniques used to bring about the marriage of structured and unstructured data. It focuses on Hadoop Distributed Storage and MapReduce Processing by implementing (i) Tools and Techniques of Hadoop Eco System, (ii) Hadoop Distributed File System Infrastructure, and (iii) efficient MapReduce processing. The book includes Use Cases and Tutorials to provide an integrated approach that answers the 'What', 'How', and 'Why' of Big Data.
Features
Identifies the primary drivers of Big Data
Walks readers through the theory, methods and technology of Big Data
Explains how to handle the 4 V's of Big Data in order to extract value for better business decision making
Shows how and why data connectors are critical and necessary for Agile text analytics
Includes in-depth tutorials to perform necessary set-ups, installation, configuration and execution of important tasks
Explains the command line as well as GUI interface to a powerful data exchange tool between Hadoop and legacy r-dbms databases
List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Big Data
Chapter 2: Big Data Implementation
Chapter 3: Big Data Use Cases
Chapter 4: Big Data Migration
Chapter 5: Big Data Ingestion, Integration, and Management
Chapter 6: Big Data Repository
Chapter 7: Big Data Visualization
Chapter 8: Structured and Un-Structured Data Analytics
Chapter 9: Data Virtualization
Chapter 10: Cloud Computing
About the author
Nasir Raheem is an accomplished, innovative, and results-driven project manager, architect and business analyst with over 20 years of wide-ranging experience encompassing I.T Infra-structure design, planning and implementation of highly integrated systems that included Big Data (HIVE) Database Administration, Business Re-engineering, Asset & Data management (ServiceNow), Data Integration, Data Modeling, Disaster Recovery and ERP Database /Application cloning projects. He is an experienced manager of IT projects related to multi-billion dollar corporate mergers, migration, server upgrades, database upgrades, data conversion, cloning and integration of supply chain management ERP and CRM application modules at Wells Fargo Bank, WebTV (now Microsoft) and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (now Western Digital). He is also a published author and instructor of an online course approved by Harvard University Innovation Lab, 'March towards Big Data.'
Summary
This book explores the tools and techniques to bring about the marriage of structured and unstructured data.
