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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 9, 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.

RG

Jul 14, 2017

First of all i would like to take this opportunity to thanks the instructors the course is well structured and explained the foundations with real world problems with easy to understand the concepts.

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By Adithya

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Jun 22, 2020

Very basic and intuitive, interesting as well

By Benniah S

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Nov 8, 2018

A great introduction into the Big Data world.

By PAMELA D

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May 7, 2018

The presentation was great. Happy to be in th

By Juan C G

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Mar 4, 2018

Updated content, good explanations. Great Job

By Yaswanth K

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Nov 10, 2017

Its a great session very useful for my career

By Osvaldo S M

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Sep 20, 2017

it was a really good course for introduction.

By sai s

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Jun 16, 2017

learnt the high level overview of the course.

By Ujjwal T

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Nov 20, 2022

Good as an introduction to Big Data Concepts

By René T

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Jan 5, 2021

Excelente Curso muy interactivo y motivante.

By Md. M H

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Jun 21, 2020

It's a great course for the beginners.

Thanks

By Gaurang S

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Jun 16, 2020

Very good course with excellent assignments.

By Rohit K S

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Feb 10, 2020

Course is really helpful for learning hadoop

By Math E

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Jul 13, 2019

Nice course to start my journey on Big Data.

By VIKRANT P

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Feb 14, 2019

Excellent course material, enjoyed learning.

By Puru S

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Sep 14, 2018

Great Course to understand basis of Big Data

By Jude O

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Jul 4, 2018

This is a very good introduction to Big data

By Antonia I

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Jun 13, 2018

Very interesting and challenging at the end.

By Subir K G

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Feb 28, 2018

The teacher is awesome and teaches in a very

By Vikas G

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Mar 28, 2017

Nice course to get a fair idea for beginners

By Ismael F M

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Oct 4, 2016

It is a great introduction to big data world

By Andrii K

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Sep 28, 2016

Perfect course. Great material and teachers.

By Ahmet F S

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Aug 9, 2021

It was faboulous. Thank you for everything.

By Prethika S

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Jun 21, 2021

very well explained and easy to understand

By Mahesh S

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May 17, 2021

Very helpful course to start as a beginner.

By SABA R

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Oct 24, 2020

Best introductory course to learn Big Data.