Two items stand out in the usual laundry list of “easy administration” and “IBM supports open source” list of claims:
The Jaql query language. Jaql, a Query Language for JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), provides the capability to process both structured and non-traditional data. Its SQL-like interface is well suited for quick ramp-up by developers familiar with the SQL language and makes it easier to integrate with relational databases.
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Integrated installation. BigInsights includes IBM value-added technologies, as well as open source components, such as Hadoop, Lucene, Hive, Pig, Zookeeper, Hbase, and Avro, to name a few.
I guess it must include a “few” things since the 64-bit Linux download is 398 MBs.
Just pointing out its availability. More commentary to follow.