You’re starting to learn about Big Data or you’re wanting to learn more about Big Data. You start off by googling ‘what is Big Data?’ You get an answer that doesn’t quite make sense. The site talks about 3 Vs or sometimes they’re 4...
I’m really tired of seeing Big Data projects fail. They fail for both technical and managerial reasons. They all fail for similar reasons and that’s just sad because we can fix or prevent them. Gartner’s research shows that 85% of Big Data projects...
After years of teaching Big Data, I’ve come up with the best explanation of why it isn’t easy, cheap, or quick. I wrote the in-depth piece published on...
I am proud to announce that my latest screencast on Apache Impala called Creating Big Data Solutions with Impala was released on O’Reilly. This caps off a long relationship with Impala that started well before it was released publicly. My relationship with...
“Is my developer team ready for big data?” This is the most common question I’m asked by business leaders. Executives realize that big data projects can build their enterprise, but aren’t sure if their current development teams have the skills...
