Further, while Hadoop is inherently a batch-oriented data processing system, Aster will return answers to queries immediately, Argyros says.

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EBay also adopted new tools for big-data processing, such as the open-source software framework Hadoop and a system called Mobius that was developed in its labs.

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He showed up at four one morning at the mission-control-like center where EDS hosts networks for 4, 000 clients -- everything from 7-Eleven's ordering system to data processing for millions of Blue Cross customers.

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Mr Joy says that his new design, which turns a single chip into a parallel-processing system, can handle huge amounts of video and audio data at speeds that would overwhelm the usual Intel chip.

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