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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+....

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CB

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Very interesting course. Explained concepts I'd heard of but didn't really know about. It is a foundation course for a specialization, it's not enough by itself but very good as a foundation course.

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It is a comprehensive introduction to big data which covers significant components with enough content that can be absorb at this stage. A very good kick-start and excited for the next course ahead.

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By Амирханова Д С

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Oct 17, 2022

Отличный курс!)

By MAURO D C M

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Jun 14, 2022

Excelente curso

By Lizbeth L O

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Apr 1, 2022

Exelente curso!

By Jonathan G M

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Jul 6, 2021

excelente curso

By Jaime S

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Feb 11, 2021

Great material!

By Shashwat A

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Oct 8, 2020

Nice professors

By ANIKET M

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May 24, 2020

Nice experience

By DONKADA J M S S S

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Feb 18, 2020

valuable course

By Vijay R G

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Oct 16, 2018

Great Course !!

By Mukul T

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Jun 17, 2018

Great Learning.

By Beate S

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Nov 16, 2017

Great overview.

By Omar M

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Jul 17, 2017

it is vary good

By nishay m

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Oct 26, 2016

That was fun!!!

By Libardo A A B

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Sep 18, 2016

Excelente curso

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Sep 26, 2024

Great learning

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Mar 28, 2022

Superb courses

By Parkash L M

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Feb 26, 2022

Good knowledge

By Shubhadeep C

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Apr 24, 2021

It's great : )

By Bhavya l

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Dec 30, 2020

ItS tOO GOOD!!

By Nadeem A

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Dec 27, 2020

Great Learning

By Ahmed S

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Jul 3, 2020

A great Course

By Sai V

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Jun 12, 2020

Awesome course

By Kanishk S

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May 26, 2020

Amazing Course

By Freddy F

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Apr 26, 2020

amazing course

By Alejandro S M

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Jan 29, 2020

AWESOME COURSE