Hadoop has evolved into a stable, scalable, flexible core for next-generation data MANAGEMENT -- yet on its own, it lacks some critical capabilities when deployed as the center of an enterprise data HUB. For example, it lacks a comprehensive security model across the entire ecosystem of projects. Hadoop was also built for batch-mode data processing workloads, which limits it to an ancillary position in the data center. (RATHER, a central enterprise data hub MUST have real-time capability.) And Hadoop doesn’t support the range of industry-standard interfaces for query and search APPLICATIONS, among others, that business users require.

Hadoop has evolved into a stable, scalable, flexible core for next-generation data management -- yet on its own, it lacks some critical capabilities when deployed as the center of an enterprise data hub. For example, it lacks a comprehensive security model across the entire ecosystem of projects. Hadoop was also built for batch-mode data processing workloads, which limits it to an ancillary position in the data center. (Rather, a central enterprise data hub must have real-time capability.) And Hadoop doesn’t support the range of industry-standard interfaces for query and search applications, among others, that business users require.