Monthly Archives: October 2007

2007 Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

Gartner released the updated quadrant for DW DBMS software and appliances. DATAllegro seems too far below Netezza in ability to execute. DATAllegro has large, proven installations. Their recent releases run on Dell blades with EMC storage instead of the customized … Continue reading →

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Economist InfoGraphic of the Day

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

Every day, the Economist site adds an original chart.

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Hans Rosling Is My Hero

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

I just can’t get enough of the Gapminder software, officially called Trendalyzer. The easy interface is just an enhanced scatter plot but it does the job perfectly. I think a lot of people, like me, were amazed and excited by … Continue reading →

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The Landscape of Parallel Computing Research

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

I highly recommend browsing the Wiki that has been put up at UC Berkeley’s EECS dept to complement it’s original white paper (also excellent). It’s hard to predict the future applications of massively parallel systems, but we know it will … Continue reading →

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