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  • Time-turner: Strata San Jose 2016, day 1

    There are so many good talks happening at the same time that it’s impossible to not miss out on good sessions. But imagine I had a time-turner necklace and could actually “attend” 3 (maybe 5) sessions…

  • Hardcore Data Science, California 2016

    Ben Recht and I organized another great edition of Hardcore Data Science in San Jose today. As I was preparing to host the track, I had an inkling we had another outstanding sequence of presentations. The…

  • Singapore Eats

    This year marks the debut of Strata+Hadoop World in Singapore, and I decided to spend most of this week checking out the city and visiting with friends. Below are some of the places that I’ll be…

  • How intelligent data platforms are powering smart cities

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Smart cities and smart nations run on data. According to a 2014 U.N. report, 54% of the world’s population resides in urban areas, with further urbanization…

  • We need open and vendor-neutral metadata services

    [A version of this article appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Comprehensive metadata collection and analysis can pave the way for many interesting applications. As I spoke with friends leading up to Strata + Hadoop World NYC…

  • Hardcore Data Science, NYC 2015

    Ben Recht and I hosted another great edition of Hardcore Data Science in NYC yesterday. From the very first talk, the room was full, the audience was attentive, and the energy in the room was high…

  • Celebrating the real-time processing revival

    [A version of this article appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Register for Strata + Hadoop World NYC, which will take place September 29 to Oct 1, 2015. A few months ago, I noted the resurgence in…

  • Apache Spark in the Enterprise and in China

    Enterprise Adoption IBM’s announcements at the recent Spark Summit in SF bodes well for enterprise adoption of Spark. Ben Horowitz jokingly referred to IBM’s endorsement as akin to a Rabbi blessing Spark as kosher for use…

  • Apache Spark: Powering applications on-premise and in the cloud

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] As organizations shift their focus toward building analytic applications, many are relying on components from the Apache Spark ecosystem. I began pointing this out in advance…

  • Israel conference on Big Data, Analytics and Machine Learning

    The first Big Data, Analytics and Machine Learning (Israel Innovation) conference was a resounding success. Kudos to the organizers Danny Bickson, Assaf Araki, and Avner Algom. I was happy to help them invite speakers, publicize the…