Hadoop enables technical experts operating in different organizations to perform numerous operations, including big data analytics, big data management, and big data storage in a cloud. As a result, it is increasingly being used in organizations around the world. Apart from this, considerably rising competition among businesses and extensively rising volumes of unstructured data is also catalysing the demand for Hadoop. Furthermore, it finds a wide array of applications in the healthcare, retail, media and entertainment, government, telecommunications, life sciences, and banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) sectors. This can be attributed to the ability of the software to effectively manage structured as well as unstructured data. It also aids in analysing consumer behaviour and maintaining inventory and space. Besides this, the market is also positively influenced by the thriving e-commerce industry worldwide.