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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 David R

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Jul 11, 2021

Its a good course in general.

By Anish A

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Feb 27, 2021

Best course to learn Big Data

By Deleted A

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Aug 4, 2020

This course is very helpfull.

By ILGAR G

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Aug 3, 2020

It was interesting and useful

By Mr. M A B M

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Jul 20, 2020

Good introduction for Bigdata

By intiaz r

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Jun 3, 2020

This is really great to start

By Sailaxman 1

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Apr 24, 2020

it is very nice for startiers

By Baladari V S H

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Apr 23, 2020

itr is very intersting couers

By Monzer N

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Jan 7, 2019

Useful introduction thank you

By Li H

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Jan 27, 2018

Great!

Thank you two teachers.

By Rob P

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Dec 19, 2017

Handy course for an overview!

By Raghvendra M T

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Oct 14, 2017

Excellent introductory course

By THE K (

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Aug 17, 2017

pretty informative, i like it

By Ashok S

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Aug 12, 2017

best course i have ever found

By Andalib H

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Oct 5, 2016

Excellent learning from this.

By Wafa A M ( G T A M

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Jul 12, 2021

Interesting Subject to study

By Eduardo M

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Mar 10, 2021

It was a very useful course.

By Harsh A

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Sep 14, 2020

nice and very useful course.

By Fahim T W I

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Jul 9, 2020

Very important for Big Data

By SAKKURU L

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Jun 17, 2020

its very useful to everyone.

By Rohan S

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Jun 7, 2020

It was very good experience.

By MRS. N

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May 12, 2020

Great Learning in the course

By Mirza S

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Apr 27, 2020

Very good course in big data

By Utkarsh K

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May 12, 2019

Easily Understandable Course

By Irma H

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Nov 16, 2018

Great way to learn, love it!