Map(Reduce) Analytics on Google AppEngine

Posted October 29th, 2010 in Big Data, Development by Greg Bayer
                     

AppEngine AnalyticsGoogle AppEngine is a great tool for building simple web applications which are automatically scalable. All of the basic building blocks are readily available and accessible from both python and java. This includes a database, a caching layer, and support for background tasks.

What about the big data analytics and informatics that made Google famous? Does AppEngine help us there as well? The answer is yes; although with some serious limitations.

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