SQL on Hadoop, for real now

One of this week's big news is EMC's Project Hawq. The trend is pretty clear now, that the future of big data solution is the fusion of Hadoop platforms with SQL and complex analytics from traditional RDBMS. Many companies have started their efforts, and we're sure to see yet more. What Hadapt claimed earlier last year: Why Database-to-Hadoop Connectors are Fundamentally Flawed and Entirely Unnecessary, is being proved by many other companies.