<p>Hadoop is poised to take Europe by storm at least judging by the amount of money US venture capitalists are pouring into it.</p><p>Take Cloudera, for example. In December 2012, the Silicon Valley-based Hadoop specialist announced it had received a fifth round of funding, worth $65 million, a chunk of which was specifically earmarked for international expansion. A few months later, the company opened its new EMEA headquarters, located in the heart of London's Tech City.</p><p>"Demand for Hadoop in the European market is exploding," said CEO Mike Olson at the new office's opening, "providing fertile ground from which to grow our business and support the proliferation of Apache Hadoop in enterprises acrossthe region."</p><p>Cloudera's competitors are also taking aim at Europe. In 2012, MapR opened offices in Windsor and Munich. Hortonworks, meanwhile, plans to open a UK office some time this year.</p><p><a href="http://www.information-age.com/technology/information-management/123457070/the-challenges-of-adopting-hadoop">Keep reading...</a></p>