Open Source Big Data Analytics Software for Business and Enterprise

Article: Stated simply, big data analytics is the process of analyzing enormously large volumes of transactional and other business data to discover hidden patterns, develop useful insights, and identify actionable pointers that help managements take efficient and effective decisions. It is now possible to obtain such analytical metrics and decision support almost in real-time at little or no cost.This study explores the availability and accessibility of big data analytics application software on the Sourceforge website, undeniably, a large repository of open source software resources. Limiting the search to big data analytics software under the “business & enterprise” category, data of 36 applications is downloaded in October 2016 and analyzed to identify the preferred features and to discern any meaningful trends. It is hoped that the results will help shed some light on the current state and profile of open source big data analytics software.

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Authors: Balaji Janamanchi