For Big Insights Try A Big Download From IBM

March 10, 2014

IBM might not be the first name when it comes to open source, but they experiment in that area and they have offered a free, downloadable version of BigInsights. On IBM’s developerWorks page, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Quick Start Edition can be downloaded without any strings. It was made available to anyone who wants to experience enterprise level features, play with Hadoop, and figure out what it can be used for.

IBM describes Infosphere BigInsights Quick Start Edition as:

“IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Quick Start Edition is a free, downloadable non-production version of BigInsights that enables new solutions that cost effectively turn large, complex volumes of data into insight by combining Apache Hadoop, (including the MapReduce framework and the Hadoop Distributed File Systems), with unique, enterprise-ready technologies and capabilities from across IBM, including Big SQL, text analytics and BigSheets.”

Can IBM use the word “big” to explain its product even more? Yes, they can, because they forgot to include big data solutions. This is, of course, a sales gimmick to entice people to buy the professional edition, but it has the open source benefits, especially in customer support and the IBM name.

Whitney Grace, March 10, 2014
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext

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