TechTarget, Uses for Hadoop: Exploring the storage, applicance and analytics options

Hadoop can be a beneficial tool for big data environments, but according to John Webster, a senior partner,  a lot of the criticism stems from a lack of understanding of the uses for Hadoop. In the first of this two-part podcast, Webster explains Hadoop’s role in data storage, whether it can be used as an alternative to object storage and what needs to change to spread Hadoop adoption. Listen to the podcast or read the transcript.