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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

AR

Mar 30, 2020

One of the best course to start learning new cutting-edge technology and to get deeper insights into Big Data. Thanks to the great instructors for amazing explanations of each module and e-materials.

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.

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By KSHITIZ S

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Oct 30, 2016

Systematic introduction to Big Data...highly recommended!

By MOHAMMED T S

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Nov 14, 2021

A very good course to get start your carrier in Big data

By Trần P A K

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Sep 9, 2021

Very helpful way for new learner to study about Big Data

By Alejandro R Y

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Jul 22, 2021

Muy buen curso introductorio al tema. Bien estructurado

By Mohammed A

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Aug 6, 2020

Wonderful. I have learned a lot of things about Big Data

By D

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Aug 3, 2020

nice course easy to understand introdction of bigdata...

By Abdo S

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May 6, 2020

It was Amazing Course I earn new great skill Thx alot ,,

By Rodolfo M I

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Apr 15, 2020

It was very informative and simple enough to understand.

By Mody M

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Jul 19, 2018

As start in Big Data field, this course is a pretty good

By Kaushik S

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Mar 26, 2018

this course is very good and well organized. I loved it.

By Anand N

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Apr 6, 2017

Great introduction to Big Data. so far best i have seen.

By Gaston E

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Dec 5, 2016

An excellent early approach to a big data implementation

By ARUN S N

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Nov 1, 2016

Audited the course. Great content for intro to big data!

By Tyler X

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Oct 28, 2016

Easy to understand and get hand-on exercise, and joyful

By Roger M

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Aug 6, 2016

Great course and material. Well presented and practical!

By Ambika N

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Nov 21, 2020

The instructors delivered the contents well. Thank you.

By Farizah Y

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Jul 27, 2020

Awesome course that includes theory and practical part.

By Vishesh B

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Jun 14, 2020

Excellent course. Enjoy while doing all the assignment.

By Nyalapatla s

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May 11, 2020

it was very awsome course and the teaching is excelent

By Anurag P

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Feb 13, 2020

Great intro, feeling pumped up to go into the next one.

By Ranju M

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Nov 19, 2018

This is really an awesome course. I thoroughly enjoyed.

By Vaibhav S

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Aug 23, 2018

excellent, finally learned MapReduce basic and big data

By Kishan G

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Jul 18, 2017

This is an excellent start if your are new to Big Data.

By Kevin G C

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Oct 30, 2020

A very nice course to beggin your learing in Big Data.

By Hanek M

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Apr 18, 2020

I like this course. Look forward to seeing next course