You probably already know that Hadoop is an open source project that offers a powerful distributed platform to store and manage big data. Watch this 5-minute episode of Forrester TechnoPolitics to understand how Hadoop works and why it’s hot! You may also be interested in What Is A Data Scientist.

Check out the Forrester Wave: Big Data Hadoop Solutions, Q1 2014.

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