Hadoop is Many Things Including the Ideal ETL Tool for Big Data Analytics
The success of the recent Strata and Structure conferences (conclusions from last year’s conference and resulting trends can be found here) reinforced the accelerating corporate interest in big data and the specific need for applications and techniques that take advantage of Hadoop. Based on the presentations I attended or read about, it appears that more [...]
Thoughtworks on Go. Hudson to Jenkins: continuous integration market dynamics
I had an interesting and fun lunch last week with an old friend (of RedMonk) Dan Roberts, now of Thoughtworks. Dan used to work at Sun Microsystems.We talked about all kinds of stuff, but given the shape of Thoughtwork’s business continuous integration was bound to come up. I remember trying to persuade Sun senior management [...]
Salesforce Radian6 Deal Analysis
Salesforce had a busy last week first buying Radian6 for a king’s ransom ($326 large) and then announcing a partnership with Intuit to resell its CRM pre-integrated with QuickBooks. As I write this there is at least one more interesting announcement in the wings but I am under NDA and not sure when that announcement [...]
Event Report — Ultimate Connections 2011
Ultimate HQ In Weston Florida I rarely attend vendor user conferences unless I’m an invited speaker or otherwise participating at the request of that vendor, so I’m the last person to offer a learned comparison of conference venues, programs, parties, swag, logistics, etc. But one thing I have observed is how much of a vendor’s [...]
U.S. Job Growth Continues; I Have New Worries
World Oil Demand, Source: IEA The U.S. economy is back on track. The Labor Department released March numbers that included adding 216,000 jobs beating the forecast of 193,000 jobs and reducing the unemployment rate to 8.8% from February’s 8.9% level. We all want greater declines but that doesn’t happen over night. Having shown job growth [...]
Monday’s Musings: Mastering When and How High End Brands Should Use Daily Deal Sites Such As Groupon
Daily Deal Sites Claim To Bring New Customers Chicago, Illinois based Groupon, is a consumer oriented commerce site that brings consumers looking for the ultimate deal to businesses seeking new customer bases. Local based targeting, fun cheeky copy, and a reach in almost 600 cities powers the frenzy behind the “daily deals”. Customers pay upfront. [...]
The Invisible Hand, The Earthquake/Tsunami, and The Toyota Prius
This Friday, we feature a story on a lighter but fascinating subject in the laws of supply and demand. Last week, I had the chance to talk to John Sternal, who runs communications for LeaseTrader, a site that serves as a secondary…
CRM Idol 2011: The Open Season, Begins! Small Companies, Let Us Know
Okay, everyone. Sit down and listen close….C’mon. Sit already. God, this is like herding cats. Shhhhhhh. I have a big announcement…or should I say WE have a big announcement. You’ll understand what I mean in a minute if you just sit down and shut up. Starting now, we are opening the doors for the first [...]
