Business Perceptions vs. Technical Realities – Bridging the Gap
Posted in Basho,Big Data,Cloud Computing,Cloud Storage,MongoDB,Riak,riak_coreMarketing a product in a nascent space is hard work. This is true in the most generic of senses…but with Riak and Basho –...
View Article451 Group’s Big Data Survey Now Open
Posted in Basho,Big Data,NoSQL,Riak,riak_coreThe 451 Group is conducting a survey around how businesses and individuals view Big Data – or as the 451 Group calls it “Total Data.” Take the survey...
View ArticleRiak, NoSQL, Big Data – The Light is Green
Posted in Amazon,Basho,Big Data,Cloud Computing,Cloud Storage,NoSQL,open source,RiakI just got back from a series of trips round the U.S. and Europe. One of the most surprising things I learned over...
View ArticleThere’s No Single Electric Provider…There Will Be No Single Cloud Provider
Posted in Amazon,Big Data,Cloud Computing,Cloud Storage,NoSQL,open source,Oracle,riak_coreRead some interesting figures from EMC’s CEO Joe Tucci over at GigaOm regarding the company’s recent and...
View ArticleRiak Webinar – Querying and Processing Enhancements – Oct 25
Posted in Basho,Big Data,Hadoop,RiakAs many out there get acclimated to Riak 1.0 and all the new features, Basho is putting on a webinar aimed at highlighting two core new features of the product....
View ArticleSome Great Upcoming Basho/Riak Events in November
Posted in Basho,Meetups,RiakNovember is going to be a busy month for Basho and the Riak crew. We’re sponsoring and giving a few talks at QCON SF in the middle of the month. And Basho CEO will be...
View ArticleBasho Lands New Funding; Powers Danish Prescription Card Program
Posted in Basho,Big Data,Cloud Storage,NoSQL,RiakSome great news from Basho today – both great testaments to the momentum for both company and for the marketplace for NoSQL and other distributed data...
View ArticleA New Take (read: Opinion) on Hosted Data(bases)
Posted in Cloud Computing,MongoDB,NoSQL,salesforce.com,VRMI have had a pretty skeptical notion of SaaS approaches to databases and data in general to date. And for very large data sets and for very...
View ArticleTalent + Product < Execution
Posted in Business Models,social media,start upI am, unfortunately, a Philadelphia Eagles fan. I have been coming to grips with this wasted season as best I can. One thing I have heard, ad nauseum, is...
View ArticleUpdate on Radio Silence (It’s Been a While…)
Posted in Basho,Big Data,NoSQL,open source,social media,start upIt has been a while since I regularly posted to this blog. Initially, the blog was intended to chronicle my transition from the apps...
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