In fact, Hadoop is an evolving solution platform, just as an EDW is a solution platform.

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We all believe that the traditional enterprise data warehouse (EDW) will evolve from being relational to non-relational within five to 10 years.

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In fact, Hadoop is the very heart of the big data revolution and is the core of the next-generation EDW in the cloud.

FORBES: How to Avoid a Hadoop Hangover

His session Tying the Knot Between Hadoop and EDW explores the roles both play in big data projects and various approaches for bringing the two together.

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Enterprises with data and information that are presently managed within an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) will leverage data integration technologies, such as those offered by large established vendors like Informatica, newly recognized vendors like Hadapt or emerging start-ups like Splice Machine, with whom I spoke this morning, and begin a migration towards Big Data, or Big-Data-like techniques to gain insight, and ultimately business value and innovation from data and information.

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