Doug Cutting, then working at Yahoo, saw its potential and created Hadoop, which works with off-the-shelf hardware to manage data too big for conventional databases.
This would involve a multibillion dollar purchase of off-the-shelf American military hardware like Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft and tankers adding immeasurably to the defense of the Western Pacific, offering greater flexibility to U.S. forces otherwise committed to protecting Japan and helping to offset somewhat the yawning balance-of-trade deficit.