The Data Roundtable
A community of data management experts![SAS Grid Manager for Hadoop nicely tied into YARN (Part 2) stones represent load balancing and SLAs](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2016/01/113130628.jpg)
In Part 1 of this series, Cheryl Doninger described how SAS Grid Manager can extend your investment in the Hadoop infrastructure. In this post, we’ll take a look at how Cloudera Manager helps Hadoop administrators meet competing service level agreements (SLAs). Cloudera Manager lets Hadoop admins set up queues to
![The missing link in your data strategy – Part 1 strategy represented by ice hockey player](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2016/01/519440487.jpg)
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." - Wayne Gretzky I love this quote from Wayne Gretzky. It sums up how most organizations approach data strategy. Data strategy typically starts with a strategic plan laid down by the board. The CEO will
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It’s obvious that an enterprise data strategy involves data – but we sometimes disregard the fact that it should also involve metadata. Why? Because it’s key to unlocking the value of data. Metadata shows you what data is available and how people can use it. It also reveals which data
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If you'd like to extend your investment in the Hadoop infrastructure, SAS Grid Manager for Hadoop can help by enabling you to colocate SAS Grid jobs on your Hadoop data nodes. It works because SAS Grid Manager for Hadoop – which is Cloudera certified – is integrated with the native
![What does an effective data strategy look like?](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2016/01/484518555.jpg)
.@philsimon on the need to play offense and defense with your organization's data.
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