The Big Data Foundation level certification helps engineers, administrators, analysts understand what big data is and can mean to them. This is not just an entry-level knowledge-based program, but also includes a technology angle, diving into some of the most popular technologies in Big Data processing that are available in the market – Hadoop and MongoDB.

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Learning Objectives

 

Once you become Big Data Foundation™ certified, you will be able to:

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• Explain Big Data, its origin, and its characteristics

• Discuss the tools applicable to Big Data processing

• Explain data mining

• Discuss the popular Big Data technologies – Hadoop and MongoDB

• Discuss the Big Data projects and the main players involved

• Identify and obtain relevant datasets when looking at a business problem

• Install and manage Big Data processing environments based on Hadoop or MongoDB at a departmental level

 

Pre-requisites

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Possessing intermediate to advanced programming, system administration, or relational database skills is recommended but not required for the completion of the certification.