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About the Course

Interested in increasing your knowledge of the Big Data landscape? This course is for those new to data science and interested in understanding why the Big Data Era has come to be. It is for those who want to become conversant with the terminology and the core concepts behind big data problems, applications, and systems. It is for those who want to start thinking about how Big Data might be useful in their business or career. It provides an introduction to one of the most common frameworks, Hadoop, that has made big data analysis easier and more accessible -- increasing the potential for data to transform our world! At the end of this course, you will be able to: * Describe the Big Data landscape including examples of real world big data problems including the three key sources of Big Data: people, organizations, and sensors. * Explain the V’s of Big Data (volume, velocity, variety, veracity, valence, and value) and why each impacts data collection, monitoring, storage, analysis and reporting. * Get value out of Big Data by using a 5-step process to structure your analysis. * Identify what are and what are not big data problems and be able to recast big data problems as data science questions. * Provide an explanation of the architectural components and programming models used for scalable big data analysis. * Summarize the features and value of core Hadoop stack components including the YARN resource and job management system, the HDFS file system and the MapReduce programming model. * Install and run a program using Hadoop! This course is for those new to data science. No prior programming experience is needed, although the ability to install applications and utilize a virtual machine is necessary to complete the hands-on assignments. Hardware Requirements: (A) Quad Core Processor (VT-x or AMD-V support recommended), 64-bit; (B) 8 GB RAM; (C) 20 GB disk free. How to find your hardware information: (Windows): Open System by clicking the Start button, right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties; (Mac): Open Overview by clicking on the Apple menu and clicking “About This Mac.” Most computers with 8 GB RAM purchased in the last 3 years will meet the minimum requirements.You will need a high speed internet connection because you will be downloading files up to 4 Gb in size. Software Requirements: This course relies on several open-source software tools, including Apache Hadoop. All required software can be downloaded and installed free of charge. Software requirements include: Windows 7+, Mac OS X 10.10+, Ubuntu 14.04+ or CentOS 6+ VirtualBox 5+....

Top reviews

HM

Sep 8, 2019

I love the course. It goes deep into the foundations, and then finishes up with an actual lab where you learn by practice. I greatly benefited from it and feel I have achieved a milestone in big data.

DK

Aug 11, 2021

I love the course. It goes deep into the foundations, and then finishes up with an actual lab where you learn by practice. I greatly benefited from it and feel I have achieved a milestone in big data.

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By Pablo B B

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Apr 18, 2020

A great course! Learned a lot and got really into Hadoop! Thanks!

By PRAKASH N V

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Aug 25, 2019

Basic Concept of Big Data and Hadoop is covered very appreciatly.

By roopavani

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Aug 2, 2019

Excellent course material which touches upon the Basic of Bigdata

By Aldrin

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Jun 11, 2019

Very good Course to getting started on Big data and Hadoop basic.

By TAMADHIR A

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Oct 1, 2021

i enjoy this cours and i got alot of information about big data

By Pratiksha S

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Sep 3, 2020

I loved this course. Now I have clear idea of how big data works

By Sanjoy C

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Aug 17, 2020

It was great learning experience. Looking forward to learn more.

By Nitin A

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Apr 30, 2020

it's best for the bargainers , those who want a gist of Big Data

By JOSE L S M

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Mar 8, 2020

Very interesting, It had help me a lot to understand the basics.

By Philipp B

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May 31, 2019

Great introduction to big data. Good struture and well explained

By Anuj S

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Feb 3, 2019

Great information covered all the topics from basics to advanced

By Bob J S

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Nov 17, 2018

I like to course work with interactive questions and guidelines.

By Simran K T

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Jun 3, 2018

Well taught basics but I wish if there was more of hadoop in it.

By mohamed g

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Feb 19, 2018

the course is very useful to whom start their career in big data

By Jameela C

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Nov 21, 2017

Excellent course to get an introduction and hands on on Big Data

By Vittorio S

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Sep 5, 2017

Really interesting course. The perfect introduction to big data.

By Fernando M

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Mar 23, 2017

Excellent course. Thank you for a marvelous learning experience.

By Carlo K

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Jan 29, 2017

It is very useful. The professors are paced and explain so well.

By Marshall

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Jul 7, 2021

Great intro class with a very enjoyable hands-on hadoop aspect.

By samuel p

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Sep 26, 2020

Buen curso y aprendí los conceptos básicos de Big data, Gracias

By Mouaz K

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May 6, 2020

perfect start of introduction to Big Data and it's technologies

By Varsha R

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Apr 22, 2020

The course was a little slow and the content was a little vague

By Leandro A

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Aug 4, 2019

Es mi primer curso. me gusto el curso y la plataform educativa.

By ALICE D

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May 28, 2019

Very interesting and easy to understand thanks to the variety o

By Douglas K

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Jan 29, 2018

Thank you for putting this together. A wonderful introduction.