Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about finance and technology. Microsoft is launching Hadoop for Windows Server and Azure at the O’Reilly Strata Conference ...

For some time Microsoft didn’t offer a solution for processing big data in cloud environments. SQL Server is good for storage, but its ability to analyze terabytes of data is limited. Hadoop, which ...

On May 21, Hortonworks made available for download the 1.1 release of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) for Windows, an open-source implementation of Apache Hadoop. Hortonworks made available for ...

Hadoop is nearly synonymous with the analysis of big data. The Hortonworks Data Platform on Windows is significant as it means that companies lacking Linux expertise will finally be able to benefit ...

In a surprise show of support for a popular open-source technology, Microsoft says it will offer Hadoop-based distributions for Windows Server and its Windows Azure cloud computing platform — aiming ...