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Sears Rides Hadoop Up Retail Mountain

Sears has seen their big data processing, especially with regard to evaluating marketing campaigns, quicken as a result of moving their data from Teradata and SAS onto Hadoop. According to Shelley, what took six weeks’ time now happens within a week on Hadoop. Read more…

Sears Startup Spins Managed Hadoop

One might not think to shop Sears for the latest “Big Data as a Service” offering, but the retailer’s parent company, Sears Holding Corporation, is throwing some of its seasoned data and infrastructure pros behind such an effort. The company, called.... Read more…

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