Spark vs MapReduce
This third blog post of the Big Data series introduces Apache Spark and compares it with the features of MapReduce along with its computing model.
MapReduce for Big Data
This follow up blog post of the Big Data series briefly explains the computing model MapReduce and provides some examples how it can be used and tested.
Introduction to Big Data
This blog post is the start of a series about the world of Big Data, provides a brief introduction to Hadoop and includes demo code to store data there.