9 Upcoming Open Source Big Data Technologies


#2. R:

Popularized under Revolution Analytics, R combines open source programming language along with software environment only to provide solutions for statistical computing and visualization. In 1993 Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman formulized R at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. As for now, R is considered as one of the best in statistical analysis, as recently reports have emerged that R is now tracking services and supports from models stimulated by Red Hat’s support for Linux.