How to create HTML emails in Gmail

Today i am going to discuss something that is not related to Hadoop but Gmail. How to send rich text content using Gmail. Follow this Youtube video

Oracle Data Integrator

I have been researching on Oracle Data Integrator and it's strategy on Big Data integration. I'll add further slides, this one below maybe a good start.

Hortonworks Oracle Big Data Integration from Hortonworks

Hive on Spark vs Tez which one is really faster - you will be surprised with the results

Hive on spark is blazing fast or is it final from Hortonworks

Azure HDInsight now runs on Linux

This is great news from Microsoft, HDInsight can now run on Linux servers. This allows easier migration of current data center driven Hadoop implementations to Microsoft hosted cloud solution. Below are slides from Microsoft's presentation at Strata http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/en/assets/1/event/118/Running%20Hadoop-as-a-Service%20in%20the%20Cloud%20Presentation.pptx

What's coming in Spark 2015

Architectural Considerations for Hadoop

Really great read for Architects trying to understand what components to use while building a Hadoop solution http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/en/assets/1/event/118/Architectural%20Considerations%20for%20Hadoop%20Applications%20Presentation.pdf Check out this link for other conference slides and videos http://strataconf.com/big-data-conference-ca-2015/public/schedule/proceedings

HDInsight now supports Spark

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/hdinsight-hadoop-spark-install/