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DB2, Big Data and Cloud Computing Webinar

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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 [...]

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Learn Hadoop at the IOD Conference ... there is still time

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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Big Data at the IOD 2011 Conference in Las Vegas

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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Oracle vs DB2: Which one is easier to use?

Wikipedia defines Autonomic Computing as follows:

Autonomic Computing refers to the self-managing characteristics of distributed computing resources, adapting to unpredictable changes whilst hiding intrinsic complexity to operators and users.

Simply put Autonomic Computing makes complex systems easier to operate. Both IBM DB2 and Oracle database claim to be easy to operate. Join the next free Chat with the Labs webinar with Burt Vialpando and Rav Ahuja on September 29 to take a detailed look at the autonomic capabilities of DB2 and Oracle. Past webinars in this series have been oversubscribed so register now.

DB2 and Oracle – An Autonomic Computing Comparison

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Learn Hadoop for Free and Go to Las Vegas All Expenses Paid

BigDataUniversity provides free @your pace @your place education in Hadoop, MapReduce and other Big Data technologies. In addition to free courses, students also get free study materials and products to do hands on exercises. At this time we are running Hadoop Programming Chalenge that will send 3 lucky participants on an all expenses paid trip to the IOD Conference October 23-27 in Las Vegas. [...]

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