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#Hadoop is ready for some enterprises, but not all - maybe the better question: is YOUR enterprise ready for Hadoop?
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Michael Hiskey
That's a great way to put it, Jeff.
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And if not, What's holding it up? What's the gate? What has to happen to open the door?
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Jeff Kelly skills shortage, robust back-up and recovery capabilities, easier-to-use admin tooling, based on what I hear from @wikibon community
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Jack Norris
@MapR focus is on production success we have a large number of proof points of traditional enterprises that are using Hadoop successfully. Customers with 1000s of nodes and dozens of use cases.
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Jack Norris
Great list Jeff. Most IT organizations don't want to become Hadoop experts, they want Hadoop to look and behave like their current enterprise tools and apps.