Scientists and mathematicians have long loved Python as a vehicle for working with data and automation. Python has not lacked for libraries such as Hadoopy or Pydoop to work with Hadoop, but those ...

Demand for big data skills are on the rise and aren't limited to just NoSQL and Hadoop but also include Python and general cloud skills.

The Python-versus-R-in-Spark discussion also carries over to the production side of the equation. In the olden days of Spark (i.e. 18 months ago), putting a Spark job into production often required ...