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Open-Source QlikView Engine?
Druid is an in-memory high-speed analytic database that is distributed in a cloud platform. MetaMarkets says they plan to release the code in the coming year. Data is fed in a semi-aggregated form from a Hadoop backend that stores the … Continue reading
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The Myth and Mystery of Big Data
“With enough data, you can discover patterns and facts using simple counting that you can’t discover in small data using sophisticated statistical and machine learning approaches.” Link I used to assume that big data and data mining and statistics were … Continue reading
QlikView Local File Security Easily Bypassed
QlikView’s “section access” security can be easily ignored with a hacked copy of QV.EXE. Hacking the file is a simple process that takes only a few minutes. Do not rely on “section access” to protect your data in a local … Continue reading
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Containers!
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
Hype and Software as a Service
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
Increase Productivity!!
We design and build solutions that increase productivity in your business! What kind of productivity? Business productivity! I guess you do it all. I’d like that. More productivity? I want more profit. We can help with that! You can? Why … Continue reading
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Great talk from Nathan Eagle of MIT
It figures that I’d be upset about the lack of quality in the ETech presentations and walk right into an excellent talk by Nathan Eagle of MIT. Nathan’s research included giving phones to students and faculty at MIT that tracked … Continue reading
ETech 2008 (Day 2)
Lawrence Lessig speaks tonight in a keynote that I’m certainly looking forward to. Generally, ETech includes too few presentations that are delivered by alpha geeks and concerned with emerging technology. If this really is the next wave of innovation being … Continue reading
I’ll name my kid Jaduka Serendipity
I left my iPhone in a cab on Monday coming in from the airport. Bummer. On the bright side, I talked to a rep from Jaduka today. They have a web demo of their tools that I can use to … Continue reading
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