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DB2, Big Data and Cloud Computing Webinar

2011-11-29T17:21:28-08:00

Cool stuff

Update: Replay of the webinar is at http://channelbigdata.com/video/clouds-for-small-and-big-data

The coolest part of my job is the opportunity to work with hottest technologies. I’ve been lucky over the years to be able to pick an emerging technology that I thought was going to make an impact on IT and immerse myself in it. Right now I find myself torn between two areas that I am convinced are the game changers. When I can’t decide what to pick I do both.

Cloud computing is redefining the way IT resources are provisioned. It is a fundamental change in the way [...]

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The Legacy of Steve Jobs?

2011-11-24T12:24:06-08:00

I, along with hundreds of thousands of others, am reading a book about Steve Jobs. This post is not a book review. It is a great book and if you have any time over the holidays to dedicate to reading, this is the one to pick.

Steve Jobs was a remarkable individual. His legacy is in profound transformation of seven industries: personal computers, animated movies, music retailing, mobile phone, computer tablets, digital publishing, and retail stores. While these are big words and the book provides a riveting account of his life, it is videos like these that really make the point [...]

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Learn Hadoop at the IOD Conference … there is still time

2011-10-26T06:47:07-07:00

This year, Big Data is really big at the IOD Conference in Las Vegas. It is a subject of the keynotes, press releases and there are lots of breakout sessions on the topic. For a few sessions that were over capacity a repeat was scheduled. Here is one I plan to go to today and if you are at all interested in Big Data and IBM InfoSphere BigInsights (IBM’s enterprise ready implementation of Apache Hadoop) I highly recommend the session:

Session: IIM-3614B IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Product Deep Dive – Hadoop and Whole Lot More Time: Wed, 26/Oct, 02:00 PM – [...]

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Big Data at the IOD 2011 Conference in Las Vegas

2011-10-21T06:27:04-07:00

Every year around the end of October I see geese heading south for the winter. And as if there was a similar instinct, those of us who are in to data and information processing head down to Las Vegas for the annual Information On Demand Conference. The conference has grown dramatically over the last few years and by all accounts it is going to be a great event this year.

Big Data will be in focus this year. There will be press releases, product announcements, demos and exhibits. Most important there will be an impressive array of technical sessions and [...]

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Is IBM Taking Its Hadoop Case To The Streets?

2011-10-14T14:15:54-07:00

“Time for IBM to Take Its Hadoop Case To The Streets” is the title of Jeff Kelly’s post on his ServicesAngle blog. Before I say anything, I want to do a usual disclaimer that opinions I express here are mine and mine alone. I don’t speak for IBM. I can however, talk about how I see things as both a member of the IBM Hadoop (BigInsights) team and a community participant. And I have to agree with Jeff … it is time that IBM took its Hadoop big data message out of the C-level executive offices where it has indeed [...]

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Oracle NoSQL, Hadoop and the Cloud: something borrowed, something new?

2011-10-04T12:40:20-07:00

What exactly did Oracle announce? Oracle proclaimed that they will offer a NoSQL database a key-value data store that will scale across a large number of "storage nodes". The rest of the industry would say a "cluster" ... not Oracle. The next thing on the menu perhaps provides an explanation. It is Oracle Big Data Appliance. Where the rest of the world is looking to scale NoSQL across very large clusters of commodity hardware, Oracle wants to see big expensive machines or as they call them "Engineered Systems". It makes perfect sense for Oracle as they need to return value to their shareholders from the acquisition of SUN. Not sure it makes as much sense for the rest of us. [...]

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Hadoop Programming Challenge Extended by a Week

2011-10-04T08:39:10-07:00

I blogged about Hadoop Programming Challenge on Big Data University and an opportunity to not only get free Hadoop education but also an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas. We have had 1400 students take the required Hadoop Fundamentals course. And we have been genuinely impressed with both what many of the students have been able to learn and the creativity of some of the Hadoop Programming Contest submissions. The submissions range from analysis of global warming, to dealing with terror threats to analysis of bra cup sizes. We are not passing judgement on the value of the solution [...]

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Oracle vs DB2: Which one is easier to use?

2011-09-26T22:10:29-07:00

Wikipedia defines Autonomic Computing as follows:

Autonomic Computing refers to the self-managing characteristics of distributed computing resources, adapting to unpredictable changes whilst hiding intrinsic complexity to operators and users.

Simply put Autonomic Computing makes complex systems easier to operate. Both IBM DB2 and Oracle database claim to be easy to operate. Join the next free Chat with the Labs webinar with Burt Vialpando and Rav Ahuja on September 29 to take a detailed look at the autonomic capabilities of DB2 and Oracle. Past webinars in this series have been oversubscribed so register now.

DB2 and Oracle – An Autonomic Computing Comparison

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Gaming Hadoop Programming Challenge for a free trip to Las Vegas

2011-09-26T09:59:36-07:00

Hadoop Programming Challenge: 4 days left

Ever since we announced Hadoop Programming Challenge we have had a flood of new students (7194) registering at the BigDataUniversity and a lot (1222) of people enrolling in the Hadoop Fundamentals I course. But don’t take my word for it, check the numbers out for yourself.

Gaming Hadoop

We have been surprised not just by the numbers but also by the persistence and ingenuity of the people looking to become one of the three to go to the IOD Conference in Las Vegas. A number of people have gone as far as to register [...]

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Learn Hadoop for Free and Go to Las Vegas … All Expenses Paid

2011-09-08T21:07:51-07:00

BigDataUniversity provides free @your pace @your place education in Hadoop, MapReduce and other Big Data technologies. In addition to free courses, students also get free study materials and products to do hands on exercises. At this time we are running Hadoop Programming Chalenge that will send 3 lucky participants on an all expenses paid trip to the IOD Conference October 23-27 in Las Vegas. [...]

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