Monthly Archives: January 2013

Hardware can still suck.  We took a paper bicycle approach to hardware because the real value of Hadoop is in the software. Crappy hardware is always a burden.  It’s the little things.  I just want a RAID controller that works … Continue reading →

Today let us consider the great philosophy of the late Chris Farley.  Now replace the words sale with Hadoop project.  Viola!  A typical enterprise architect! Go joe-joe!  Well Farley gets it right in the end so perhaps there’s hope.

To all of our loyal followers, we apologize.  Yes, it’s been a while since we’ve posted anything “news worthy.”  We are currently in the thick of things standing up a new cluster. Here is are a couple of minor tidbits … Continue reading →

The 2013 Hadoop Summit is coming up and I’d like to see us presenting a few topics.  From reading this blog.  It sounds like it can be pretty darn competitive to get space at the summit.  They had “2:1 rejection … Continue reading →

I sat in a meeting this week and discussed how a certain company could speed up our effectiveness, efficiency and seamlessly integrate with our Hadoop cluster.  As I sat through that meeting the further along I went and the more … Continue reading →

Hardware is arriving soon.  Network infrastructure will be in  place soon.  We’re working with “cool” open source projects.  We got the money.  It’s happening soon. My big part in all of this is making the base platform work so freaking … Continue reading →