I’m not always sure people always know what they mean when they talk about Big Data – and even when they do know, I’m not sure they can contrast this new Big Data thing from Data’s previous incarnation. So let’s see if we can clear it up. Prior to big data the amount and content… Continue reading Key to Big Data Success – Data Driven Culture
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In search of: S3 uptime “perfection”
Jeff Bezos apparently is shooting for uptime “perfection” for Amazon Web Services. I am thrilled to hear this as cosinity makes significant (and growing) use of AWS. I just wonder if “perfection” might be over-reaching a bit.
The future of the LAN
ComputerWorld ran an article today calling into question the future of the LAN (local area network). The article features Bob Metcalfe (Wikipedia) – one of the inventors of Ethernet. “We are just at the point where you can talk about terabit connections without sounding like a wack job,” Germanow noted. As for market share, Ethernet… Continue reading The future of the LAN