It’s The End Of The (Appliance) World As We Know It…And I Feel Fine!
Is the data warehouse appliance dead, or is that just a corny play on REM lyrics?
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VLDB – We’ve Moved! Returning To Our Founder’s Roots
Myself and the rest of the Liverpool-based members of VLDB recently moved offices. This move represents a 30-year journey back to where I started. Allow...
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Gaming, Data, and Behaviour
From time spent in certain game modes, to player damage with weapons, and how players move around maps, video game developers have had access to...
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Technology, Prediction, and the Problem of Change
Mini-disks, Sabre-toothed Chickens and Pizza Grease - a Deadly Serious Discussion of Technology and Prediction. “All fixed, fast-frozen relations, with their train of ancient and...
Read More →Data Projects ROI and VFM
After a fun-filled 2014 I find myself in a reflective mood. Last year brought new clients and technology partnerships, which made for a varied and...
Read More →Data Warehouse Application Migration
The last 12 months or so has seen a lot of ‘Big Data’ POCs being initiated in our world. The most frequent objective from both...
Read More →Amazon Redshift Initial Thoughts
As reported on El Reg and elsewhere, Amazon announced the general availability of 'Redshift' a few days ago:http://aws.amazon.com/redshift/What is Amazon Redshift then?Redshift is a licensed...
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