Tag Archives: big data

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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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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How to overcome problems with big data: Hadoop

This week’s interview is with Ray Muslimani, President of GCE Federal Listen here:  http://bit.ly/pOLtLU Summary: Big data doesn’t necessarily mean big headaches. Let’s outline the problem – if you combine data from mobile devices, RFID, aerial sensing, software logs, and … Continue reading

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