Comments for OnStrategies Perspectives http://www.onstrategies.com/blog Insights on the world of Information Technology -- Views expressed here do not reflect the opinions of Ovum. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:27:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Searching for Data Scientists as a Service by Michael E. Driscoll http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2012/05/15/searching-for-data-scientists-as-a-service/comment-page-1/#comment-305339 Michael E. Driscoll Tue, 15 May 2012 22:27:44 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=912#comment-305339 Tony - I agree with you: you can't throw bodies at a Big Data problem, and there aren't enough data scientists to rescue firms from the deluge. While Opera Solutions has a nice approach, it still only scales linearly with people power. We need technology-driven, not people-driven, solutions. SAP HANA and the other big box retailers (Oracle, IBM, HP) have offerings along that path, but Big Data is still too big for any one box. The new classes of data streaming from mobile applications and web services are distributed in the cloud, and the analytics that we run over the data should be there too: it's much easier to move code than data. As the founder of a SaaS analytics provider, I admit to having a dog in this hunt, but the tide of history is turning towards cloud-hosted, web-delivered technology solutions. There will be dollars in selling boxes and consulting in the near-term, but in the long term, the software that is eating the world (Marc Andreessen's phrase) will consume the analytics vertical as well. Tony – I agree with you: you can’t throw bodies at a Big Data problem, and there aren’t enough data scientists to rescue firms from the deluge. While Opera Solutions has a nice approach, it still only scales linearly with people power.

We need technology-driven, not people-driven, solutions. SAP HANA and the other big box retailers (Oracle, IBM, HP) have offerings along that path, but Big Data is still too big for any one box. The new classes of data streaming from mobile applications and web services are distributed in the cloud, and the analytics that we run over the data should be there too: it’s much easier to move code than data.

As the founder of a SaaS analytics provider, I admit to having a dog in this hunt, but the tide of history is turning towards cloud-hosted, web-delivered technology solutions. There will be dollars in selling boxes and consulting in the near-term, but in the long term, the software that is eating the world (Marc Andreessen’s phrase) will consume the analytics vertical as well.

]]> Comment on Another vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack by Another vote for the Apache Hadoop stack | Outsource Portfolio http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2012/04/25/another-vote-for-the-apache-hadoop-stack/comment-page-1/#comment-304166 Another vote for the Apache Hadoop stack | Outsource Portfolio Thu, 03 May 2012 14:03:52 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=887#comment-304166 [...] guest post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is senior analyst at [...] [...] guest post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is senior analyst at [...]

]]> Comment on What will Hadoop be when it grows up? by Another Vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | AutoBidMax.com http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2011/11/11/what-will-hadoop-be-when-it-grows-up/comment-page-1/#comment-304043 Another Vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | AutoBidMax.com Wed, 02 May 2012 01:09:35 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=771#comment-304043 [...] need some spontaneous agreement as to accurately what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the doubt seemed in doubt, as [...] [...] need some spontaneous agreement as to accurately what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the doubt seemed in doubt, as [...]

]]> Comment on What will Hadoop be when it grows up? by Another Vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | Človíčci.cz http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2011/11/11/what-will-hadoop-be-when-it-grows-up/comment-page-1/#comment-304033 Another Vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | Človíčci.cz Tue, 01 May 2012 21:25:22 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=771#comment-304033 [...] need some spontaneous agreement as to accurately what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the doubt seemed in doubt, as [...] [...] need some spontaneous agreement as to accurately what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the doubt seemed in doubt, as [...]

]]> Comment on What will Hadoop be when it grows up? by Another Vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | AgroRealty.eu http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2011/11/11/what-will-hadoop-be-when-it-grows-up/comment-page-1/#comment-304019 Another Vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | AgroRealty.eu Tue, 01 May 2012 17:07:43 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=771#comment-304019 [...] need some spontaneous agreement as to accurately what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the doubt seemed in doubt, as [...] [...] need some spontaneous agreement as to accurately what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the doubt seemed in doubt, as [...]

]]> Comment on Another vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack by Another vote for the Apache Hadoop stack | BriefingsDirect http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2012/04/25/another-vote-for-the-apache-hadoop-stack/comment-page-1/#comment-303977 Another vote for the Apache Hadoop stack | BriefingsDirect Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:02:04 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=887#comment-303977 [...] guest post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is senior analyst at [...] [...] guest post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is senior analyst at [...]

]]> Comment on Architecture and Agility by Stop talking SOA and start digging it - Miko Matsumura Developer Platforms APIs Cloud Mobile Android IOS http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2009/02/03/architecture-and-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-303910 Stop talking SOA and start digging it - Miko Matsumura Developer Platforms APIs Cloud Mobile Android IOS Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=350#comment-303910 [...] I turn someone is doing it! SOA is so uncool that Enterprise Architecture is now considered uncool. Tony Baer suggests in his blog that we “lose the name”. I suggest that Enterprise Architecture needs REBRANDING. The Daily Show had an excellent example [...] [...] I turn someone is doing it! SOA is so uncool that Enterprise Architecture is now considered uncool. Tony Baer suggests in his blog that we “lose the name”. I suggest that Enterprise Architecture needs REBRANDING. The Daily Show had an excellent example [...]

]]> Comment on EMC’s Hadoop Strategy cuts to the chase by Another vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | OnStrategies Perspectives http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2012/01/31/emc%e2%80%99s-hadoop-strategy-cuts-to-the-chase/comment-page-1/#comment-303525 Another vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | OnStrategies Perspectives Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:10:48 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=833#comment-303525 [...] the two primary commercial providers that signed on for the proprietary files systems – IBM and EMC (via partnership with MapR) – have retrenched. They still offer the proprietary file system [...] [...] the two primary commercial providers that signed on for the proprietary files systems – IBM and EMC (via partnership with MapR) – have retrenched. They still offer the proprietary file system [...]

]]> Comment on What will Hadoop be when it grows up? by Another vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | OnStrategies Perspectives http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2011/11/11/what-will-hadoop-be-when-it-grows-up/comment-page-1/#comment-303524 Another vote for the Apache Hadoop Stack | OnStrategies Perspectives Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:59:53 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=771#comment-303524 [...] so we’ve discussed that the fruition of Hadoop will require some informal agreement as to exactly what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the question appeared in doubt, as one of the obvious pillars – the file system – [...] [...] so we’ve discussed that the fruition of Hadoop will require some informal agreement as to exactly what components make Hadoop, Hadoop. For a while, the question appeared in doubt, as one of the obvious pillars – the file system – [...]

]]> Comment on Big Data and the Product Lifecycle by Inforbix, Big Data and Product Lifecycle http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/2012/04/16/big-data-and-the-product-lifecycle/comment-page-1/#comment-303275 Inforbix, Big Data and Product Lifecycle Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:38:19 +0000 http://www.onstrategies.com/blog/?p=880#comment-303275 [...] ago we attended COFES 2012. One of the discussion that caught our attention was a discussion about Big Data and Product Lifecycle. Tony Bayer nicely summarized his thoughts after this discussion on his blog.  It’s worth [...] [...] ago we attended COFES 2012. One of the discussion that caught our attention was a discussion about Big Data and Product Lifecycle. Tony Bayer nicely summarized his thoughts after this discussion on his blog.  It’s worth [...]

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