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In 1999, there were 38 million broadband Internet users worldwide. Today, there are 1.2 billion people getting broadband Internet access on their phones. Yes, one out of every seven on our planet now has broadband connectivity on their mobile phone. [...] 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 [...] 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 – [...] 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 [...] “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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