Aster Data Offers Free MapReduce IDE To Boost Use of Big Data

The new MapReduce IDE (Aster Data Developer Express) is a point-and-click visual development environment. Aster says that any developer familiar with Java can complete a rich analytic application in under an hour

Gigaom, By Cloud Reporter Aug. 16, 2010

Aster Data, a San Carlos, Calif.-based company is offering a free version of the MapReduce development environment for download, which will allow developers to use the IDE to build apps to analyze big data. MapReduce is a technology that was first used by Google for parallel processing of enormous data sets.

The new MapReduce IDE is called Aster Data Developer Express, and it's a point-and-click visual development environment. Aster, which makes data management software, is hoping that some of the newer companies with copious amounts of data - like social networks and mobile apps - would start using this IDE, allowing it to cash in the ongoing data mining renaissance.

Aster says "any developer or analyst that is familiar with the Java programming language can complete a rich analytic application in under an hour using the simple yet powerful Aster Data Developer Express environment in Eclipse."

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