Big Analytics with R, Cassandra, and Hive

The text discusses the use of R in data analysis and its integration with other tools such as Hadoop and Cassandra. It mentions that while some data scientists prefer to integrate Hadoop with R, others want ways to get data into R and use data sampling techniques. The author demonstrates how to interact with Cassandra from R using the RJDBC module and provides an example code for accessing Cassandra data from R. Additionally, it mentions a new RCassandra package and DataStax Enterprise for accessing Hive and Cassandra from R. Overall, the text highlights the power of combining R's statistical methods with other data analysis tools.