Impala, part of Cloudera Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH) 4.1, is a native SQL query engine that runs on Hadoop clusters, providing easy query access to raw HDFS data and to HBase databases.

Teradata Aster has launched a new tool which allows business analysts to work with Hadoop data through SQL query structures. Its Aster SQL-H provides a bridge between widely used business ...

SQL is, arguably, the biggest workload many organizations run on their Hadoop clusters. And there’s good reason why: The combination of a familiar interface (SQL) along with a modern computing ...

In a previous article, we discussed several key advances in SQL on Hadoop that are making Big Data capabilities increasingly accessible to analytics organizations. While SQL democratizes Big Data by ...

Now Teradata is making a "big data" play. The Aster SQL-MapReduce framework combines SQL with prepackaged MapReduce modules that are executed through an integrated Hadoop environment.

Microsoft released two community technology preview (CTP) test versions of its Hadoop connectors today, one that works with Microsoft's current flagship SQL Server and other with its data ...

As for the use of SQL, Nakamura has a very simple explanation: SQL is 10x Java, and it represents a must-have for the development world. If Hadoop crosses over into the mainstream skills set, SQL ...

SQL is the gateway drug to enterprise adoption says analysts at recent developer conference. Hadoop Summit, leading big data developer conference, saw the maturation of the Hadoop ecosystem ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: As more enterprises begin to adopt the Hadoop big data wrangling technology, there is a growing need for SQL convergence.

Out of the Hadoop box What's new is that now AtScale goes beyond Hadoop (in the cloud or on-premises), offering support for Teradata DW, Google Dataproc and BigQuery.