IBM InfoSphere BigInsights provides Hadoop on cloud computing platforms so that users can analyze large volumes of data without requiring large upfront investments in hardware, storage, and networking. It allows users to deploy their own Hadoop clusters on public clouds like Amazon or private clouds in under 30 minutes, paying only for the resources used on an hourly basis starting at $0.34 per node per hour. BigInsights can be deployed on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise with hourly charges starting at $0.30 per cluster per hour and a free trial during a fall promotion. It makes evaluating and learning Hadoop easy without needing to configure hardware or install software.
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