On Wednesday, YouTube announced the next step in its transformation from destination to application, releasing a set of free software tools that let Web developers create fully functional YouTube players on their own sites.

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This new mission is SnapLogic, a commercial software company that provides data and application integration tools for connecting Cloud data sources.

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Simplified user interfaces mean customers are able to develop an application within minutes using a broad range of tools and demonstration software, with minimal cost and effort.

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Built on top of LucidWorks Search, LucidWorks Big Data certifies and integrates all of the Apache open source components necessary to develop and manage a big data application, including Hadoop, Mahout, HBase, Zookeeper, Pig, and other software tools.

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