1 in 4 organizations use Hadoop to manage their big data

You can't go too far in the big data world without encountering Apache Hadoop. The open source framework was created in 2005 to handle large scale processing.

A new infographic from data management company Solix looks at what Hadoop is, the four modules that make it up, and how it’s used in the enterprise, along with a glimpse at its future.

Key facts are that one in four organizations use Hadoop to manage big data, up from one in 10 in 2012. Reasons cited for using it include low cost, computing power and scalability. More than 60 percent of companies say that Hadoop is used to supplement or replace their existing data environments.

Looking into the future, 61 percent of organizations plan to deploy Hadoop in the future or have already started to deploy it. Worldwide sales of Hadoop-based technology are expected to exceed $50 billion by 2020.

You can see the full infographic below.