A comprehensive guide to design, build and execute effective Big Data strategies using Hadoop About This Book * Get an in-depth view of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem and an overview of the architectural patterns pertaining to the popular Big Data platform * Conquer different data processing and analytics challenges using a multitude of tools such as Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, Tableau and more * A comprehensive, step-by-step guide that will teach you everything you need to know, to be an expert Hadoop Architect Who This Book Is For This book is for Big Data professionals who want to fast-track their career in the Hadoop industry and become an expert Big Data architect. Project managers and mainframe professionals looking forward to build a career in Big Data Hadoop will also find this book to be useful. Some understanding of Hadoop is required to get the best out of this book. What You Will Learn * Build an efficient enterprise Big Data strategy centered around Apache Hadoop * Gain a thorough understanding of using Hadoop with various Big Data frameworks such as Apache Spark, Elasticsearch and more * Set up and deploy your Big Data environment on premises or on the cloud with Apache Ambari * Design effective streaming data pipelines and build your own enterprise search solutions * Utilize the historical data to build your analytics solutions and visualize them using popular tools such as Apache Superset * Plan, set up and administer your Hadoop cluster efficiently In Detail The complex structure of data these days requires sophisticated solutions for data transformation, to make the information more accessible to the users.This book empowers you to build such solutions with relative ease with the help of Apache Hadoop, along with a host of other Big Data tools. This book will give you a complete understanding of the data lifecycle management with Hadoop, followed by modeling of structured and unstructured data in Hadoop. It will also show you how to design real-time streaming pipelines by leveraging tools such as Apache Spark, and build efficient enterprise search solutions using Elasticsearch. You will learn to build enterprise-grade analytics solutions on Hadoop, and how to visualize your data using tools such as Apache Superset. This book also covers techniques for deploying your Big Data solutions on the cloud Apache Ambari, as well as expert techniques for managing and administering your Hadoop cluster. By the end of this book, you will have all the knowledge you need to build expert Big Data systems. Style and approach Comprehensive guide with a perfect blend of theory, examples and implementation of real-world use-cases

About the Author
V. Naresh Kumar has more than a decade of professional experience in designing, implementing, and running very-large-scale Internet applications in Fortune 500 Companies. He is a full-stack architect with hands-on experience in e-commerce, web hosting, healthcare, big data, analytics, data streaming, advertising, and databases. He admires open source and contributes to it actively. He keeps himself updated with emerging technologies from Linux systems internals to frontend technologies. He studied in BITS- Pilani, Rajasthan, with a dual degree in computer science and economics. Prashant Shindgikar is an accomplished big data Architect with over 20 years of experience in data analytics. He specializes in data innovation and resolving data challenges for major retail brands. He is a hands-on architect having an innovative approach to solving data problems. He provides thought leadership and pursues strategies for engagements with the senior executives on innovation in data processing and analytics. He presently works for a large USA-based retail company.


Book Information
ISBN 9781787122765
Author V. Naresh Kumar
Page Count 394
Imprint Packt Publishing Limited
Publisher Packt Publishing Limited