big data

DevNews #67 – Monoliths begone, lock free APIs, Bunnies and RabbitMQ, and computer viruses by air

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Links "Five tips for big software projects":http://blog.chariotsolutions.com/2013/10/5-tips-for-big-software-projects.html “Dismanteling the monoliths”:https://engineering.groupon.com/2013/misc/i-tier-dismantling-the-monoliths/ – rails apps converting to Nodejs at Groupon I’m taking a stab at lock-free this week – First, my reading took me to Mechanical Sympathy (which we’ve discussed before) and now that there is a JSR for some new constructions – (StampedLock) this site has … Read More

Come to Chariot's Data I/O Event on October 30th and Learn about All Things Data

We are holding an all-day event on October 30th, downtown in the Philadelphia Cira Centre, that shines a light on large-scale data processing and application management. In this article I’m going to explain a bit about the event’s goals, and some information on the speakers and talks we’ve been lining up.

PhillyETE Screencast #31 – Going Big with Big Data – One Step at a Time – Anita Garimella Andrews

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From the abstract: “Big Data is almost scary nowadays. Some small, young companies are so advanced in their use of data – but their datasets are small, so statistical validity constantly comes up. Some Fortune 100 companies haven’t even started. And other large companies have such a morass of badly integrated, inaccurate or unused data … Read More

Chariot DevNews Episode #48 – Big Data all over the place

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It’s the big return of the regular DevNews this week. My co-host Joel Confino and I discuss lots of big data stuff, including: They hype it, then they try to kill it – Why Big Data is not truth – just using Big Data techniques doesn’t make it easy to select good data to begin … Read More

Philly ETE Keynote Screencast – Claudia Perlich – The Big Data Revolution

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Our day 1 keynote presentation was delivered by Claudia Perlich of Media Six Degrees. She’s been working in the data science field long before it became a hugely popular career choice. This keynote was both filmed and screen-captured, so you’ll not only hear Ms. Perlich and watch her slides, but view the presentation as it … Read More

Druid: Real-time Queries Meet Real-time Data

This talk will focus on the design considerations and architecture of Druid, an open-source, distributed, column-oriented analytical data store. There will be a particular focus on how Druid can be used to ingest data in real-time on the write side and provide real-time access to data on the read side.

Science of Big Data – Sessions Coming Online

If you didn’t attend last month’s “Science of Big Data” event in downtown Philadelphia, not to worry. We’re beginning to post screencasts of the sessions now: The Science of Big Data – Screencast Sessions.

The Pivotal Initiative – VMware and EMC spin off a new organization to focus on big data in the cloud

The main focus of the Pivotal Initiative, which will involve more than 1,400 employees from both companies, will be cloud-based big-data software.

DevNews #31 – Rails 3.1 rumors, Forking and Joining in Java 7, Google Patents and more

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The TechCast is brought to you this (and every) week by our employer / sponsor, Chariot Solutions. We have lots of training in Spring and Maven coming up in March, and if you hurry you can enjoy an early bird special rate. Visit our training calendar at chariotsolutions.com/education. Links (in no specific order – you … Read More