Chapter 2. Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP)

Now that we understand the context of data science and analytics, let us explore requirements for a platform that helps implement analytics in an agile way. There are many pieces to an analytics project that requires a unified or integrated platform as opposed to a bunch of tools or frameworks.

This chapter elaborates on the architecture and application of Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP) in Big Data analytics context. Greenplum UAP combines the capabilities to process structured and unstructured data with a productivity engine and a social network engine that cans the barriers between the data science teams.

The Greenplum UAP solution combines Greenplum Database (an MPP, shared nothing, ...

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