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Spark as a Fundamental Open-Source Big Data Technology
Big data — the analysis of datasets beyond the capacity of conventional tools — has been a necessity for many industries for many years. The particular unconventional tools that make big data feasible have changed through the years, however. As this article explains, Spark is the platform whose adoption for solving big data problems currently appears most explosive.