The Toy Elephant Hadoop Saves A Real Elephant
November 15, 2013
Hadoop was named after a toy elephant, so it is only appropriate that as a form of charity the company is donating money to saving elephants from poachers. nature and technology have often been perceived to be at odds with one another, constantly battling for dominance over the planet. Technology can save nature and analytical data techniques have been used to solve problems according to the recent Gigaom article, “Buy Datameer’s Hadoop Application, Save An Elephant.”
The article states:
“We’ve written before about applying big data techniques to help solve societal problems, and now we have a case of applying the revenue from big data software sales directly to a cause. In this case Datameer, a startup that applies a spreadsheet interface to Hadoop, is selling a “charity edition” of its product for $49 and donating all the proceeds during the month of November to a conservation charity called Pro Wildlife.”
Some cynics may view this gesture as a marketing ploy to buy a product that meant to solve the big data problem. (Actually, it only allows users to download to a single desktop and analysis 10 GB, so it is more like big data for the single data-obsessed user). On the bright side, you get to help save the largest, living land mammal. Who does not like elephants?
Whitney Grace, November 15, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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