How Big a Deal Is IoT? Much Bigger than Big Data A quick heads-up that I'll be participating in a DM Radio podcast on IoT (March 01, 2018) , to talk about IoT and its future. You can listen in on the live podcast at 3 PM Eastern / 12 PM Pacific (and I expect…

There have been many articles written and talks given over the last several years on abandoning the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) in favor of an Enterprise Data Lake with some passionately promoting the idea and others just as passionately denying that this is achievable. In this article, I would like to take a more pragmatic…

What exactly is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial intelligence is really starting to shape the world as we know it. The field of AI includes everything that has anything to do with the “intelligence” of a machine; and more specifically, that machine’s ability to imitate a human’s thought process and reasoning abilities. While artificial intelligence develops programs…

Security is an essential part of Hadoop infrastructure in any organization. Let’s look at some of the key or need-to-have components in ensuring that infrastructure is secured from external compromises. The key aspects of security are authentication, authorization and encryption. We will look at ways to implement all three in the content of Hadoop clusters…

Move to the Cloud - Benefits Of Cloud Computing NOTE: This is a guest post by Danish Wadhwa Cloud Computing has changed the way we use software – whether for personal or business use. The process of downloading, installing, configuring and maintaining different types of software, is eliminated with a move to the Cloud, saving…