How Pig and Hadoop fit in Data Processing Architecture

Hadoop and its ecosystem has evolved from a narrow map-reduced architecture to a universal data platform set to dominate the data processing landscape in the future. Importantly, the push to simplify Hadoop deployments with managed cloud services known as Hadoop-as-a-Service is increasing Hadoop's appeal to new data projects and architectures. Naturally, the development is permeating the Hadoop ecosystem in shape of Pig as a Service offerings, for example.