Hadoop ready for corporate IT, execs sayComputerworldHugh Williams, vice president of experience, search and platforms at eBay, said that the auction site is revamping its core search engine technology using Hadoop and Hbase, a technology that enables real-time analysis of data in Hadoop environments. …and more » More: continued here
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