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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 FERNANDO S V

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Jul 28, 2020

It was a very good course.

By Zawiyah S

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Jul 20, 2020

I really enjoy this course

By SOWBHAGYA S

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Jul 16, 2020

the course was very useful

By Tayeeba T 1

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May 21, 2020

It is a good course indeed

By Nilesh C

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Jul 25, 2018

awesome content. loved it.

By Santiago E L

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Dec 19, 2017

Excellent. Just Excellent.

By Anne T

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Jun 21, 2017

Awesome great introduction

By Truoc P

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Feb 23, 2017

Very details and very cool

By Seetha R S

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Feb 1, 2017

Excellent teaching skills.

By ftdanielriera

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Nov 14, 2016

Excellent!!!

New knowledge

By mahdi n

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Nov 7, 2016

Introduction to Big Data !

By Đạt N

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Jan 31, 2022

it's so good for beginner

By Ahmad Q

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Jun 20, 2021

get step one to big World

By Ansh B

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Apr 26, 2021

like the course structure

By AZAD A M

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Dec 30, 2020

Recommended for Beginners

By milon a

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Sep 15, 2020

Very good learning course

By Rohit V

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Jul 29, 2020

it was a womderful course

By Mamatha T

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Jun 4, 2020

Good course for beginners

By Alfonso A C M

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May 6, 2020

Useful and great concepts

By Ahmed Y K

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Aug 6, 2019

very informative. thanks!

By devvrat j

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May 18, 2019

very nice and informative

By Jorge d l C

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Feb 7, 2019

Great!! Love your lessons

By Ivan S

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Oct 14, 2018

Excelent course to start.

By Francisco J B A

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Jul 4, 2018

Very good as introduction

By Pijush K G

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Jun 3, 2018

Good introductory course.