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Hadoop JavaScript– Microsoft’s VB shift for Big Data

Posted in BigData, Random Thoughts, tagged , , on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

One of the cool things about the Hadoop on Azure CTP is its Interactive JavaScript Console – it allows users query and visualize data on top HDFS using a JavaScript framework.  For example, below is a graph pie visualization within a browser generated by the Interactive JavaScript console using graph.pie function. Why is this important [...]

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Moving data to compute or compute to data? That is the Big Data question

Posted in BigData, SQL, tagged , , on January 31, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Dorky attempts at geek Shakespere aside; as the volume, complexity, and variability of your data systems increase in … entropy …, this becomes a fundamental question in whether one scales up or scale out their data problem. Apologies for the nerdy chemistry references in advance – which starts with this picture of Dr. Arthur Grosser [...]

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Scale Up or Scale Out your Data Problems? A Space Analogy

Posted in BigData, SQL, tagged , , on January 24, 2012 | 7 Comments »

As I am writing more about Big Data, I’m been asked whether we need to have traditional relational or cube systems now that we have Big Data / NoSQL / Hadoop.  My responses are to note that these are different systems that serve different purposes even though both are used to better understand data. But [...]

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Travel Tuesday: Top 5 reasons to go to Costco in Taiwan (from a US expat)

Posted in Travel Tuesday, tagged on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »

. . . I love Pittsburgh, they put fries on nachos here. – Pete Lattimer, Warehouse 13 . . . For those un-familar with the reference, Warehouse 13 is an awesome Syfy show…and Costco is a warehouse store – yeah, weak connection here. Yet another themed blog series Starting with the recent Foodie Friday blog [...]

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It’s all about the little things…on the inside!

Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

  For some people, small, beautiful events is what life is all about! – Doctor Who: Earthshock, Peter Davison as the 5th Doctor (Story 122)             A tad off course, but today, I was just wow’ed by my Apple Magic Touch mouse. Why do you ask? Because of the beauty [...]

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The aggressive optimism of Hadoop

Posted in BigData, tagged on November 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

  Aggressive optimism and a no enemies policy pays dividends – Eric14 aka Eric Baldeschwieler (@jeric14) during ApacheCon 2011 North America Thursday Keynote.     After all of these years doing BI, why have I jumped on the bandwagon of Hadoop and Big Data? Well, if you read some of my previous blog posts like [...]

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You know that I’m tired when…

Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged on September 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Sorry that I haven’t blogged in awhile, but there’s lots of interesting things happening these days all in prep for the SQLPASS summit, eh?!  It’s been long nights and lots of fun chaos! Saying this, you know that I’m tired when… you’re getting <3h of sleep / night you’re running all of your team meetings [...]

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The potential of Big Data

Posted in BigData, tagged , on June 2, 2011 | 4 Comments »

To better understand the excitement around Big Data, there is an informative  report by McKinsey Global Institute – Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity.   I encourage you to read this report and there are some key call outs that showcase the potential of Big Data.   Big Data call outs! It’s [...]

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At a Crossroads … from SSAS to BigData!

Posted in Analysis Services, BigData, tagged , on May 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief / There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief” – Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along the Watchtower’ . For those not familiar with Battlestar Galactica – this is from Crossroads, Part 2 with Bear McCreary’s (@bearmccreary) amazing version of All Along [...]

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