Hadoop Data and Analytics Head to the Cloud

Data and analytics in the cloud era may favor platforms based on platforms that are more flexible than Hadoop. But that doesn't mean there's no future for the early big data technology. Has Hadoop gone the way of 8-track tapes and Betamax? The technology that engendered so much excitement and optimism about the potential of big data has, at the very least, hit a speed bump as the two remaining independent providers Cloudera and MapR  are each facing their own crisis.Cloudera suffered a couple of disappointing quarters and announced its CEO is stepping down news that was not well received by investors. The company blamed its slow quarters on big deals that had been delayed as it prepared to roll out its post-merger next generation data platform that incorporates multiple technologies beyond Hadoop.Hadoop's biggest problem is that it was built to be a giant single source of data," Hyoun Park, founder and CEO of research firm Amalgam Insights told InformationWeek in an interview. But it's challenging to use Hadoop across multiple data centers or multiple clouds. "The assumption with Hadoop is that you have it, and it holds everything you own. That's a problem in today's world where you have hundreds of apps.