The ability to write parts of SQL queries in natural language will help developers speed up their work, analysts say.

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Here's a look at different ways to query Hadoop via SQL, some of which are part of the latest edition of MapR's Hadoop distribution SQL: old and busted. Hadoop: new hotness. That’s the conventional ...