Cloudera came to Austin for an all day look insider at Apache Hadoop and Big Data. Their distribution is one of the most popular distributions today – and they presented a day full of insights and experts.

 

Drew O’Brian  giving an overview of how to optimize the use of BigData

 

Cloudera architecture diagram for its distribution of Hadoop

 

 

Madhu Ganta discusses meeting critical SLAs using Hadoop

 

 

David Millman talks about creative ways to bring better insights using Cloudera Hadoop

 

 

Chuck Yarbrough of Pentaho explains a BigData workflow

 

 

A big box for BigData – The HP AppSystem for Apache Hadoop

 

 

Josh Willis, Cloudera Data Scientist, gives an overview of Hadoop best practices

 

 

Detailed component diagram of Cloudera Enterprise Hadoop

 

 

Advanced Micro Device’s Mark Monroe, Database & Applications Manager, and Jonathan Jarvis, Product Development Engineer discuss their use of Cloudera Hadoop

 

More about Cloudera Enterprise Hadoop here:

http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/products/cloudera-enterprise.html

 

To learn more about itmWEB’s product research activities please follow this link:

http://www.itmweb.com/research.html

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http://www.itmweb.com/advisory.html

 

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Here are ten Big Data companies which are creating products, platforms, databases, or technologies which support predictive analytics on a massive scale:

 

Cloudant

Databases as a service

http://www.cloudant.com/

 

 

Cloudera

Hadoop based Platform

http://www.cloudera.com

 

 

LucidWorks

Enterprise search tools for Big Data

http://www.lucidworks.com/

 

 

MapR

Hadoop (with NoSQL) Big Data Platform

http://www.mapr.com

 

 

ParStream

FastData database technology

http://www.parstream.com/

 

 

ScaleArc

Database infrastructure technology

http://www.scalearc.com/

 

 

SiSense

Big Data Analytics Platform

http://www.sisense.com

 

 

SkyTree

Data Analytics with Machine Learning

http://www.skytree.net/

 

 

SumAll

Data analytics for Sales, Social, and Marketing

http://www.sumall.com/

 

 

xplenty

Hadoop as a Service

http://www.xplenty.com/

 

 

To learn more about itmWEB’s product research activities please follow this link:

http://www.itmweb.com/research.html

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Circuit Of The Americas is a multi-purpose facility that last year hosted the most prestigious racing event in the world – the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix™. It is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S.

Our Austin SIM Chapter had a chance to do a behind-the-scenes tour the of facility in order to see many of the high-tech technology products that are used to operate the huge racetrack.

Many thanks to Isilon (http://www.isilon.com) for sponsoring the event!

 

Tom Schneider of COTA explains the rapid pace and huge scope of the racetrack construction project.

 

David Wiggins of COTA explains the technology which is built into the racetrack itself.

 

Steve Finnerty, Matthew Riley, Huseyin Tanriverdi, and Dana Parker listening to David Wiggins.

 

David Wiggins explaining all of the audio, video, and IT technologies which are utilized to create an amazing race experience.

 

Inside the racetrack control room.

 

Circuit of The Americas is situated on a 1000-acre site in southeast Austin, approximately two miles from Austin Bergstrom International Airport. It is a state-of-the-art 3.4-mile circuit track with capacity for 120,000 fans and an elevation change of 133 feet.

More information here:

http://www.circuitoftheamericas.com

 

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Gary Hamel joins with Jim Stikeleather, author and chief innovation officer for Dell Services, Leni Kaufman, CIO of Newport News Shipbuilding, and Tim Theriault, CIO of Walgreens, to discuss how CIOs must redefine IT value and sharpen their focus. They spoke at an event sponsored by the Harvard Business Review.

 

See the VIDEO here (Moderated by Angelia Herrin):

http://blogs.hbr.org/events/2013/05/change-the-conversation-change.html

 

Good follow-up: How CIOs Can Change the Game

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/06/how_cios_can_change_the_game.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

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Image Courtesy IBM

 

The offerings below represent the “entry point” user count and functionality level for each agile product. At itmWEB we researched over 40 products and compiled this list of 33 choices which seemed to be mature enough for agile experimentation and learning. Twenty eight of the products have very low price entry points and many of them are offered for free.

Some of the selections are very robust and highly usable for even the largest enterprise level projects. Others are better suited for small teams and small companies or projects.

Each offering has a different scale-up pathway that is designed to meet the potential growth, storage, and functionality curve of agile development efforts.

We have included some screen shots – but these are only for illustrating the look and feel of general agile automation – not because we recommend a particular product.

 

Atlassain Greenhopper (10 users for $10 per month)

http://www.atlassian.com/software/greenhopper/overview

 

AxoSoft OnTime ($7 per user per month)

http://www.ontimenow.com

 

Blossom (Unlimited Users for $9 per month)

http://www.blossom.io/

 

CollabNet CloudForge (Unlimited Users for Free)

http://www.cloudforge.com/

 

Darsoft Agile Project Manager – Scrum Sprint Planner (1 user for a flat $9.99 for iPad)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/agile-project-manager-scrum/id434217487?mt=8

 

Eylean (1 User for $12 per month)

http://www.eylean.com/

 

Flow (1 User for Free)

http://www.flow.io/

 

IBM Jazz – Rational Team Concert (10 Users for Free)

https://jazz.net/downloads/rational-team-concert/releases/4.0

 

Kanbanery (5 Users for $8 per Month)

http://www.kanbanery.com/

 

KanbanFlow (Unlimted Users for Free)

http://www.kanbanflow.com/

 

Kanbanize (Unlimited Users for Free)

http://kanbanize.com/

 

Kanbanpad (Unlimited Users for Free)

https://www.kanbanpad.com/

 

Kunagi (Unlimited Users for Free)

http://www.kunagi.org/

 

LeanKit (25 Users for Free)

http://www.leankit.com/

 

Microsoft Team Foundation Server (5 Users for Free)

http://tfs.visualstudio.com/

 

Pivotal Tracker (3 users for $7 per month)

http://www.pivotaltracker.com

 

Rally Software (10 users for Free)

http://www.rallydev.com/platform-products/rally-editions

 

ScrumDo (7 users $15.95 per month)

http://www.scrumdo.com

 

SeeNowDo (Unlimited Users for Free)

http://www.seenowdo.com

 

SmartQ (1 User for $5 per Month)

http://www.getsmartq.com/

 

Swift Kanban (20 users for Free)

http://www.swiftkanban.com/

 

Target Process (5 Users for Free)

http://www.targetprocess.com/

 

ThoughtWorks Mingle (5 Users for Free)

http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/

 

TinyPM (2 users for Free)

http://www.tinypm.com

 

Trello (Unlimited Users for Free)

http://www.trello.com/

 

Trichord (Unlimited Users for Free)

http://trichord.change-vision.com/en/index.html

 

Version One (10 Users for Free)

http://www.versionone.com

 

Xamun (5 users for Free)

https://www.xamun.com

 

Yodiz (5 Users for Free)

http://www.yodiz.com

 

 

Other Products (with higher Pricing):

 

HP Agile Manager (1 User for $39 per Month)

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/saas-agile-manager-software.html

 

Polarion ALM (1 User for $3,000 License)

http://www.polarion.com/products/alm/

 

Silver Catalyst (Unlimited Users for $75 per Month)

http://www.toolsforagile.com/

 

Serena (Pricing by Request)

http://www.serena.com/index.php/en/products/agile-planner/

 

To learn more about itmWEB’s product research activities please follow this link:

http://www.itmweb.com/research.html

To see an outline of our advisory services and expertise follow this link:

http://www.itmweb.com/advisory.html

 

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Not only the technical evolution of the IT Pro – but also the changing clothes and hair styles of  IT pros – funny stuff – click the image to see full size:

 

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Source:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2013/05/31/dude-where-s-my-floppy-i-mean-usb-i-mean-flash-drive-technology-is-evolving-are-you.aspx

 

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