Nodes can run as SQL compute nodes, SQL storage nodes or HDFS data nodes. In the HDFS case, SQL Server and Apache Spark run co-located, in the same container. All of this interoperability is enabled ...

At the heart of Apache Spark is the concept of the Resilient Distributed Dataset (RDD), a programming abstraction that represents an immutable collection of objects that can be split across a ...

“Tableau's goal is always to make connecting to data as simple and fast as possible and a big part of that is offering direct connectivity to a wide variety of data sources,” said Dan Jewett, Vice ...

Databricks is enhancing its cloud based platform to strengthen its security, manageability and ease of application development. According to the vendor, the new features securely manage data access ...