Oracle as the new IBM — has a long decline started?
When I find myself making the same observation fairly frequently, that’s a good impetus to write a post based on it. And so this post is based on the thought that there are many analogies between:...
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Cloudera in the cloud(s)
Cloudera released Version 2 of Cloudera Director, which is a companion product to Cloudera Manager focused specifically on the cloud. This led to a discussion about — you guessed it! — Cloudera and the...
View ArticleKafka and Confluent
For starters: Kafka has gotten considerable attention and adoption in streaming. Kafka is open source, out of LinkedIn. Folks who built it there, led by Jay Kreps, now have a company called Confluent....
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Governments vs. tech companies — it’s complicated
Numerous tussles fit the template: A government wants access to data contained in one or more devices (mobile/personal or server as the case may be). The computer’s manufacturer or operator doesn’t...
View ArticleNotes from a long trip, July 19, 2016
For starters: I spent three weeks in California on a hybrid personal/business trip. I had a bunch of meetings, but not three weeks’ worth. The timing was awkward for most companies I wanted to see. No...
View ArticleNotes on vendor lock-in
Vendor lock-in is an important subject. Everybody knows that. But few of us realize just how complicated the subject is, nor how riddled it is with paradoxes. Truth be told, I wasn’t fully aware...
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Notes on DataStax and Cassandra
I visited DataStax on my recent trip. That was a tipping point leading to my recent discussions of NoSQL DBAs and misplaced fear of vendor lock-in. But of course I also learned some things about...
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Are analytic RDBMS and data warehouse appliances obsolete?
I used to spend most of my time — blogging and consulting alike — on data warehouse appliances and analytic DBMS. Now I’m barely involved with them. The most obvious reason is that there have been...
View ArticleNotes on the transition to the cloud
1. The cloud is super-hot. Duh. And so, like any hot buzzword, “cloud” means different things to different marketers. Four of the biggest things that have been called “cloud” are: The Amazon cloud,...
View ArticleMore notes on the transition to the cloud
Last year I posted observations about the transition to the cloud. Here are some further thoughts. 0. In case any doubt remained, the big questions about transitioning to the cloud are “When?” and...
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