By Leon Katsnelson, on November 29th, 2011  Cool stuff Update: Replay of the webinar is at http://channelbigdata.com/video/clouds-for-small-and-big-data
The coolest part of my job is the opportunity to work with hottest technologies. I’ve been lucky over the years to be able to pick an emerging technology that I thought was going to make an impact on IT and immerse myself in it. Right now I find myself torn between two areas that I am convinced are the game changers. When I can’t decide what to pick I do both.
Cloud computing is redefining the way IT resources are provisioned. It is a fundamental change in the way the data center is run. Sure cloud computing has its challenges and there is no shortage of detractors. But in my mind, the question of cloud computing dominance is no longer described by the word “if” but “when”. 
The other area that has emerged as the “center of IT universe” is big data. There is a tsunami of buzz around big data with prediction that 2012 is going to be the year of Big Data and Hadoop. The amount of VC money going in to big data, hadoop and NoSQL startups is insane. I know, it all sounds like another tech bubble getting ready to burst. No doubt it is overhyped. Our industry is prone to creating tech bubbles that eventually burst with dramatic effect on financial markets. However, if you peel off the outer skin of the hype, there is still a great deal of real tangible value there. So, I am putting my bets on big data.
On Tuesday December 6 we are going to run a webinar (free) where we will talk about cloud computing and big data. And, since we just released a brand new version of DB2 on the cloud, we will talk about DB2 as well. We are doing this webinar jointly with RightScale.com. People who bet their business and careers on cloud succeed with RightScale. We are fortunate to have them as partners in our trek to the cloud and I am really looking forward to presenting with them at this webinar. I also want to make a promise. We will not fill the time with empty marketing messaging. We will focus on good actionable content … stuff you can and will use right after the web. So, stop reading this post and go register.
By Leon Katsnelson, on November 24th, 2011 I, along with hundreds of thousands of others, am reading a book about Steve Jobs. This post is not a book review. It is a great book and if you have any time over the holidays to dedicate to reading, this is the one to pick.
Steve Jobs was a remarkable individual. His legacy is in profound transformation of seven industries: personal computers, animated movies, music retailing, mobile phone, computer tablets, digital publishing, and retail stores. While these are big words and the book provides a riveting account of his life, it is videos like these that really make the point [...]
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By Leon Katsnelson, on October 26th, 2011 This year, Big Data is really big at the IOD Conference in Las Vegas. It is a subject of the keynotes, press releases and there are lots of breakout sessions on the topic. For a few sessions that were over capacity a repeat was scheduled. Here is one I plan to go to today and if you are at all interested in Big Data and IBM InfoSphere BigInsights (IBM’s enterprise ready implementation of Apache Hadoop) I highly recommend the session:
Session: IIM-3614B IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Product Deep Dive – Hadoop and Whole Lot More Time: Wed, 26/Oct, 02:00 PM – [...]
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By Leon Katsnelson, on October 21st, 2011 Every year around the end of October I see geese heading south for the winter. And as if there was a similar instinct, those of us who are in to data and information processing head down to Las Vegas for the annual Information On Demand Conference. The conference has grown dramatically over the last few years and by all accounts it is going to be a great event this year.
Big Data will be in focus this year. There will be press releases, product announcements, demos and exhibits. Most important there will be an impressive array of technical sessions and [...]
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By Leon Katsnelson, on October 14th, 2011 “Time for IBM to Take Its Hadoop Case To The Streets” is the title of Jeff Kelly’s post on his ServicesAngle blog. Before I say anything, I want to do a usual disclaimer that opinions I express here are mine and mine alone. I don’t speak for IBM. I can however, talk about how I see things as both a member of the IBM Hadoop (BigInsights) team and a community participant. And I have to agree with Jeff … it is time that IBM took its Hadoop big data message out of the C-level executive offices where it has indeed [...]
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