Tag: big data

Series – Part 2: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.

Photo Credit: Torkild Retvedt on Flickr

In part one of this series I briefly discussed the purpose of the application to be built and reviewed the IoT local controller & gateway pattern I’ve deployed. To recap, I have a series of IP cameras deployed and configured to send (via FTP) images and videos to a central controller (RaspberryPI 3 Model B).… Continue reading Series – Part 2: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.

The future of data is still Polyglot…

… but vendors will fight you every step of the way. Remember – every vendor wants to get as much of your data in their database as possible. And every data approach (Relational, Document, Key/Value Store and Graph) can be forced to do just about anything; and given the opportunity the vendor will tell you… Continue reading The future of data is still Polyglot…

Series – Part 1: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.

Photo Credit: Torkild Retvedt on Flickr

Serverless architectures are getting a lot of attention lately – and for good reason. I won’t rehash the definition of the architecture because Mike Roberts did a fine (and exhaustive) job over at MartinFowler.com. However, practical illustrations of patterns and implementations are exceptionally hard to find. This series of posts will attempt to close that gap… Continue reading Series – Part 1: Serverless Architecture – a practical implementation: IoT Device data collection, processing and user interface.

Key to Big Data Success – Data Driven Culture

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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

Big Data – Storage Isn’t Enough

We should have seen it coming. When we stopped even thinking about how we store data for our applications, when we just assumed some DBA would give us a database – and some SysAdmin would give us a file system. Sure, we can talk about W-SAN (what WLAN was to the LAN, but for storage)… Continue reading Big Data – Storage Isn’t Enough

Talking Big Data with IBM’s Jeff Jonas

I saw this on TechCrunch earlier today and thought it was an awesome add to my big data series. Jeff Jonas is clearly a big thinker and I agree with almost everything he says. The only thing I take issue with is the recurring theme in this interview that Big Data is primarily about commerce… Continue reading Talking Big Data with IBM’s Jeff Jonas

Big Data – NLCS

Following up on yesterday’s Big Data post. Here is the same data from the NLCS final last night. I’ll let you draw conclusions regarding the delta from the ALCS numbers.

Big Data and Real Time – What I’ve Learned

I’ve been thinking about writing a series of posts about Big Data for months now… which is entirely too much thinking an not enough doing, so here we go. And, by Big Data we mean… Wikipedia offers a very computer science oriented explanation of Big Data – but while the size of the dataset is… Continue reading Big Data and Real Time – What I’ve Learned