Microsoft's getting into the Hadoop game, and people are skeptical. Can Microsoft really embrace open source technology? And if it can, will it end up co-opting it somehow, or will it truly play nice?

The announcement was made at the PASS Summit, which is the de facto Microsoft-endorsed SQL Server conference, and one where database administrators (DBAs) dominate the audience. In presenting PolyBase ...

Yahoo hosted the first-ever Apache Hadoop Summit this week in Santa Clara, Calif. The day-long event presented a program of speakers from the Hadoop developer and user communities, including ...