The concepts of Big Data have been around well before the introduction of the Hadoop file system. Back when I was in college (ancient times, according to my family) and pursuing my degree in astrophysics, I wrote a thesis on ‘stellar spectroscopy’ – researching the spectrum of data from...
When Willie Nelson was “hittin’ the road” back in the 80’s, computers were big, expensive monsters securely locked up in datacenters under ground. Thirty or so years, and several generations of computing later, powerful computers are in your pocket as smart phones and mobile devices are the “new...
Here is a demonstration of how MarkLogic was used at the BBC as one of the innovative technologies and major components that helped to drive the delivery of the BBC online 2012 Olympics.
Do you ever wonder what kind of performance you should expect from your current environment? What’s reasonable based on what you’re working with, and what’s not? How do you make it better? Luckily for you, DataDirect has a quick and easy It’s a quick and easy way to determine what you can expect...