Author Archives: JohnGilroy

$100 billion dollars . . .Fraud detection with LexisNexis

If you got to http://www.fraudoftheday.com you will find a curious photo of some prisoners in their orange jumpsuits playing cards.  Why in the world would LexisNexis showcase prisoners on their new website?  Well, if you listen to the interview on … Continue reading

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Cloudera, Hbase, Sqoop, Flume, Oozie . . Flux Capacitor?

There is a hamburger franchise that started in Virginia called “Five Guys.” In order to understand Cloudera, you should think of it as “Four Guys.”  Take a seasoned veteran, Mike Olson, and superstars Omer Trajman, Jeff Hammerbacher, and Dr. Amar … Continue reading

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Solarwinds, cloud migration, and. . . . thwack?

Solarwinds is a company in Texas that focuses on user centric network management. You can go to their web site and download several free tools as a test drive – these are primarily management tools for, servers, logs, virtualization, as … Continue reading

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An “Odd Couple” for 2012 : Oracle + open source

Movement to the cloud has made for some strange bedfellows.  For most of the past three decades, I have identified Oracle with a license-based approach to database solutions.  Looks like the mountain is moving to the cloud. Today’s interview is with … Continue reading

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Putting the “intel” in business intelligence

It’s one thing to move to the cloud. Now . . . how do you make sense with all the data that now resides in your public, private, or hybrid cloud? Guident has been working with the concept of business intelligence … Continue reading

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