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Building flexible apps from big data sources
My article on how to build flexible apps on top of the BigInsights platform has been published. This demonstrates a cool way to combine some client-end JavaScript and existing technologies to build a Big Data query interface without developing a specialised application for the purpose. It’s no secret that a significant proportion of the needs…
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SQL to Hadoop and back again, Part 1: Basic data interchange techniques
I’ve got a new article, which is part of a new three-part series, on moving data between SQL and Hadoop, both the export to Hadoop and importing processed content back into an SQL store. In this first one, we look at the basic mechanics and considerations before you start the migration of data, such as…
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Developing Applications for use with Continuent Tungsten and Tungsten Replicator in SDJ
I’ve just had a new article published with the Software Developers Journal talking about how you can write applications to take full advantage of Continuent Tungsten and Tungsten Replicator. As a developer of an application there really isn’t a problem better than finding that you have to scale up the application and the database that…
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Percona Live 2013, MySQL, Continuent and an ever-healthy Ecosystem
I’m sitting here in the lounge at SFO thinking back on the last week, the majority of which has been spent meeting my new workmates and attending the Percona MySQL conference. For me it has been as much of a family reunion as it has been about seeing the wonderful things going on in MySQL.…
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Joining Continuent
I’ve just completed my first month here at Continuent, strangely back into the MySQL ecosystem which I have been working in for some time before I joined CouchOne, and then Couchbase, two and half years ago. Making the move back to MySQL is both an experience, and somehow, comfortable… Continuent produce technology that makes for…
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Developing with Couchbase Server
I’ve just completed my latest book, this time looking at the development side of using Couchbase Server for building applications. The book goes through the basics of the Couchbase Server data store, the mechanics of storing and using data, the API and operations available, and a quick overview of the different client libraries available for…
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Data Mining in a Document World
As databases evolve, learning how to get the best out of the different solutions out there is the key to understanding and extracting the data in the way you need from your required data store. Document databases, like MongoDB, CouchDB, Couchbase Server and many others provide a completely different model and set of problems for…
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Moving from MySQL to Couchbase Server 2.0: Part 2
To continue from where my last blog left off, I’ve written a second piece that tries to cover some of the more complex solutions to the problems of querying and extracting data using the Views system within Couchbase Server. Read: How to Move from MySQL to Couchbase Server 2.0: Part 2
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Document Databases in Predictive Modeling
My latest article on performing predictive modeling using document databases is now available on IBM developerWorks. The abstract: Predictive analytics relies on processing, analyzing data from many different sources, collating, and then processin…
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Couchbase Server Tutorial @ Progressive NoSQL
While looking up the notes for the upcoming Denormalised NoSQL Conference, I found the tutorial I did in May 2012 on Couchbase: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/nosql/tutorial-1-couchbase