Monthly Archives: September 2008

Peter Batty Discusses One-Second Results And Geospatial Analysis

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

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 … Continue reading →

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How One-Second Results Change Everything

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

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, … Continue reading →

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InfoBright Open-Source Column-Store DBMS

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

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 … Continue reading →

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Containers!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

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 … Continue reading →

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Low-Cost Data Analysis & Visualization: It’s Getting Better All The Time

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

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 … Continue reading →

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NYTimes Info-Graphic

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

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Hype and Software as a Service

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

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 … Continue reading →

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