… and points beyond

Peter Batty discusses one-second results in the world of geospatial data.
The first was that if you can provide information at “the speed of thought”, or the speed of a click, this enables people to do interesting things, and work in a different and much more productive way. Google Search is an example - you can [...]

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There’s a point where query response time is low enough that it changes the analysis game completely. This is the amount of time that a decision maker is willing to wait to get the next answer. Not the first answer, but the next one, and the next one. Eventually the frustration of waiting is worse [...]

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I wondered if InfoBright would do this. Before going open-source their website described the product as a kind of bulk-storage and not a data warehouse. A place to put data that you need to remain accessible but which you don’t need to query fast or frequently. That was the enterprise story. As an open-source project, [...]

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Besides my love of tech, I have an unusual fascination with international trade, container ships, logistics and other big global systems that quietly hum along day and night. There’s a very nice render of a shipping container on my business cards.
I’m thrilled to stumble upon the blog of Ethan Zuckerman and his mention of a [...]

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Over the weekend I have revisited Tableau, enjoyed some success with MonetDB, tried to turn MySQL into a hundred million row data warehouse, been underwhelmed with Firebird, installed Greenplum and spent many frustrated hours with Talend Open Studio, Pentaho Kettle and Jitterbit.
Of course, I could just buy QlikView, but what can be done for less [...]

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Harry Debes says “SaaS” will die out in 2 years.
Vinnie Mirchandani, Joshua Greenbaum, Bob Warfield respond.

I certainly agree with Mr. Debes that we have been here before. Technology analysts grab hold of the next great thing and see how far it will bend before it breaks. SaaS is a collection of ideas exemplified by Salesforce. [...]

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