Append-only databases and the GDPR conundrum16th February 2018Philip Howard How do you apply the right to erasure (a GDPR requirement) if you use an append-only database? Short answer: you can’t.
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Kerberos R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn - translation: "In his house at R'lyeh dead Kerberos waits dreaming".13th October 2015David Norfolk Security is important for Hadoop data resources. This means that you must come to grips with Kerberos.
Is Hadoop developing too fast for its own good?29th March 2014Philip Howard Spark is the next big thing for Hadoop but is it too much too soon?
RapidMiner – a potential game changer15th November 2013David Norris Speeding up data mining without diminishing its predictive power is an elusive goal, but RapidMiner look like they have a game changer of a solution
Busy bees at MapR2nd May 2013Philip Howard MapR have made a surprisingly large number of announcements recently. That's probably good news.
Big data storage options4th April 2013Philip Howard If you implement a different database on top of Hadoop is it still Hadoop? If you replace the file system in Hadoop (or MongoDB) is still Hadoop?
Is data warehousing holding back the advance of analytics?25th March 2013David Norris I take a look at Pervasive's DataRush, potentially the most disruptive idea in analytics since Bill Inmon told us to build data warehouses.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends18th March 2013Philip Howard Will appliances take over the Hadoop marketplace and, if so, what will be the fallout?
Pentaho, Big Data and more – the real Pentaho capability revealed19th March 2012David Norris A first look at Pentaho and the scope of its capability