Top Big Data Technologies that you Need to know

Big Data Technologies, The Buzz-word which you get to hear much in the recent days. In this article, We shall discuss the groundbreaking technologies which made Big Data spread its branches to reach greater heights.

What is Big Data Technology?

Big Data Technology can be defined as a Software-Utility that is designed to Analyse , Process and Extract the information from an extremely complex and large data sets which the Traditional Data Processing Software could never deal with.

We need Big Data Processing Technologies to Analyse this huge amount of Real-time data and come up with Conclusions and Predictions to reduce the risks in the future.

Now let us have a look at the Categories in which the Big Data Technologies are classified:

Types of Big Data Technologies:

Big Data Technology is mainly classified into two types:

1. Operational Big Data Technologies
2. Analytical Big Data Technologies

Firstly, The Operational Big Data is all about the normal day to day data that we generate. This could be the Online Transactions, Social Media, or the data from a Particular Organisation etc. You can even consider this to be a kind of Raw Data which is used to feed the Analytical   Big Data Technologies.

A few examples of Operational   Big   Data Technologies are as follows:

• Online ticket bookings, which includes your Rail tickets, Flight tickets, movie tickets etc.
• Online shopping which is your Amazon, Flipkart, Walmart, Snap deal and many more.
• Data from social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, what’s app and a lot more.
• The employee details of any Multinational Company.

So, with this let us move into the Analytical Big Data Technologies.

Analytical Big Data is like the advanced version of Big Data Technologies. It is a little complex than the Operational Big Data. In short, Analytical big data is where the actual performance part comes into the picture and the crucial real-time business decisions are made by analyzing the Operational Big Data.

Few examples of Analytical Big Data Technologies are as follows:

• Stock marketing
• Carrying out the Space missions where every single bit of information is crucial.
• Weather forecast information.
• Medical fields where a particular patients health status can be monitored.

Let us have a look at the top Big Data Technologies being used in the IT Industries.

Top Big Data Technologies

Top big data technologies are divided into 4 fields which are classified as follows:

• Data Storage
• Data Mining
• Data Analytics
• Data Visualization

Now let us deal with the technologies falling under each of these categories with their facts and capabilities, along with the companies which are using them.

Let us get started with Big Data Technologies in Data Storage.

Data Storage

Hadoop

Hadoop Framework was designed to store and process data in a Distributed Data Processing Environment with commodity hardware with a simple programming model. It can Store and Analyse the data present in different machines with High Speeds and Low Costs.

Developed by : Apache Software Foundation in the year 2011 10th of Dec.
Written in : JAVA
Current stable version : Hadoop 3.11

Companies Using Hadoop:

MongoDB

The NoSQL Document Databases like MongoDB, offer a direct alternative to the rigid schema used in Relational Databases. This allows MongoDB to offer Flexibility while handling a wide variety of Datatypes at large volumes and across Distributed Architectures.

Developed by : MongoDB in the year 2009 11th of Feb
Written in : C++, Go, JavaScript, Python
Current stable version : MongoDB 4.0.10

Companies Using MongoDB:

Rainstor

RainStor is a software company that developed a Database Management System of the same name designed to Manage and Analyse Big Data for large enterprises. It uses Deduplication Techniques to organize the process of storing large amounts of data for reference.

Developed by : RainStor Software company in the year 2004.
Works like : SQL
Current stable version : RainStor 5.5

Companies Using RainStor:

Hunk

Hunk lets you access data in remote Hadoop Clusters through virtual indexes and lets you use the Splunk Search Processing Language to analyse your data. With Hunk, you can Report and Visualize large amounts from your Hadoop and NoSQL data sources.

Developed by : Splunk INC in the year 2013.
Written in : JAVA
Current stable version : Splunk Hunk 6.2

Now, let us move into Big Data Technologies used in Data Mining.

Data Mining

Presto

Presto is an open source Distributed SQL Query Engine for running Interactive Analytic Queries against data sources of all sizes ranging from Gigabytes to Petabytes. Presto allows querying data in Hive, Cassandra, Relational Databases and Proprietary Data Stores.

Developed by : Apache Foundation in the year 2013.
Written in : JAVA
Current stable version : Presto 0.22

Companies Using Presto :

Rapid Miner

RapidMiner is a Centralized solution that features a very powerful and robust Graphical User Interface that enables users to Create, Deliver, and maintain Predictive Analytics. It allows creating very Advanced Workflows, Scripting support in several languages.

Developed by : RapidMiner in the year 2001
Written in : JAVA
Current stable version : RapidMiner 9.2

Companies Using RapidMiner :

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch  is a Search Engine based on the Lucene Library. It provides a Distributed, MultiTenant-capable, Full-Text Search Engine with an HTTP Web Interface and Schema-free JSON documents.

Developed by : Elastic NV in the year 2012.
Written in : JAVA
Current stable version : ElasticSearch 7.1

Companies Using Elasticsearch :

With this, we can now move into Big Data Technologies used in Data Analytics.

Data Analytics

Kafka

Apache   Kafka is a Distributed Streaming platform. A streaming platform has Three Key Capabilities that are as follows:

    - Publisher
    - Subscriber
    - Consumer

This is similar to a Message Queue or an Enterprise Messaging System.

• Developed by : Apache Software Foundation in the year 2011
• Written in : Scala, JAVA
• Current stable version : Apache Kafka 2.2.0

Companies Using Kafka :

Splunk

Splunk captures, Indexes, and correlates Real-time data in a Searchable Repository from which it can generate Graphs, Reports, Alerts, Dashboards, and Data Visualizations. It is also used for Application Management, Security and Compliance, as well as Business and Web Analytics.

Developed by : Splunk INC in the year 2014 6th May
Written in : AJAX, C++, Python, XML
Current stable version : Splunk 7.3

Companies Using Splunk :

KNIME

KNIME allows users to visually create Data Flows, Selectively execute some or All Analysis steps, and Inspect the Results, Models, and Interactive views. KNIME is written in Java and based on Eclipse and makes use of its Extension mechanism to add Plugins providing Additional Functionality.

Developed by : KNIME in the year 2008
Written in : JAVA
Current stable version : KNIME 3.7.2

Companies Using KNIME :

Spark

Spark provides In-Memory Computing capabilities to deliver Speed, a Generalized Execution Model to support a wide variety of applications, and Java, Scala, and Python APIs for ease of development.

Developed by : Apache Software Foundation
Written in : Java, Scala, Python, R
Current stable version : Apache Spark 2.4.3

Companies Using Spark:

R-Language

R is a Programming Language and free software environment for Statistical Computing and Graphics. The  R language is widely used among Statisticians and Data Miners for developing Statistical Software and majorly in Data Analysis.

Developed by : R-Foundation in the year 2000 29th Feb
Written in : Fortran
Current stable version : R-3.6.0

Companies Using R-Language:

Blockchain

BlockChain is used in essential functions such as payment, escrow, and title can also reduce fraud, increase financial privacy, speed up transactions, and internationalize markets.

BlockChain can be used for achieving the following in a Business Network Environment:

    - Shared Ledger: Here we can append the Distributed System of records across a Business network.
    - Smart Contract: Business terms are embedded in the transaction Database and Executed with transactions.
    - Privacy: Ensuring appropriate Visibility, Transactions are Secure, Authenticated and Verifiable
    - Consensus: All parties in a Business network agree to network verified transactions.

• Developed by : Bitcoin
• Written in : JavaScript, C++, Python
• Current stable versio : Blockchain 4.0

Companies Using Blockchain:

With this, we shall move into Data Visualization Big Data technologies

Data Visualization

Tableau

Tableau  is a Powerful and Fastest growing Data Visualization tool used in the Business Intelligence Industry. Data analysis is very fast with Tableau  and the Visualizations created are in the form of Dashboards and Worksheets.

Developed by : TableAU 2013 May 17th
Written in : JAVA, C++, Python, C
Current stable version : TableAU 8.2

Companies Using Tableau:

Plotly

Mainly  used to make creating Graphs faster and more efficient. API libraries for Python,   R , MATLAB, Node.js, Julia, and Arduino and a REST API. Plotly can also be used to style I nteractive Graphs with Jupyter notebook.

Companies Using Plotly:

now let us discuss the Emerging Big Data Technologies

Emerging Big Data Technologies

TensorFlow

TensorFlow has a Comprehensive, Flexible Ecosystem of tools, Libraries and Community resources that lets Researchers push the state-of-the-art in Machine Learning and Developers can easily build and deploy Machine Learning powered applications.

Developed by : Google Brain Team in the year 2019
Written in : Python, C++, CUDA
Current stable version : TensorFlow 2.0 beta

Companies Using TensorFlow:

Beam

Apache Beam provides a Portable API layer for building sophisticated Parallel-Data Processing Pipelines that may be executed across a diversity of Execution Engines or Runners.

Developed by : Apache Software Foundation in the year 2016 June 15th
Writte in : JAVA, Python
Current stable version : Apache Beam 0.1.0 incubating.

Companies Using Beam:

Docker

Docker is a tool designed to make it easier to Create, Deploy, and Run applications by using Containers. Containers allow a developer to Package up an application with all of the parts it needs, such as Libraries and other Dependencies, and Ship it all out as One Package.

Developed by : Docker INC in the year 2003 13th of March.
Written in : Go
Current stable version : Docker 18.09

Companies Using Docker:

Airflow

Apache Airflow is a WorkFlow Automation and Scheduling System that can be used to author and manage Data Pipelines. Airflow uses workflows made of Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) of tasks. Defining Workflows in code provides Easier Maintenance, Testing and Versioning.

Developed by : Apache Software Foundation on May 15th 2019
Written in : Python
Current stable version : Apache AirFlow 1.10.3

Companies Using AirFlow:

Kubernetes

Kubernetes is a Vendor-Agnostic Cluster and Container Management tool, Open Sourced by Google in 2014. It provides a platform for Automation, Deployment, Scaling, and Operations of Application Containers across Clusters of Hosts.

Developed by : Cloud Native Computing Foundation in the year 2015 21st of July
Written in : Go
Current stable version : Kubernetes 1.14

Companies Using Kubernetes:

With this, we come to an end of this article .  I hope I have thrown some light on to your knowledge on  Big Data  and its Technologies.