Tag: cloud

  Your data warehouse modernization strategy can make or break your ability to derive value from traditional data sources (for example, your operations and financial data) as well as emerging data sources such as IoT data from devices and sensors,…

As the Director of Big Data and Data Science at Pythian, I often get questions from clients about the many solutions available to them to address their big data needs. Between Hadoop, cloud-based, and hybrid solutions, finding the best option…

I was going through the documentation of Oracle Cloud IaaS, when I came across a vaguely familiar term “Idempotent”. One great thing I feel strongly with all this Cloud-mania is the recollection of various theoretical computing concepts which we learned/read…

This edition of Log Buffer covers Cloud, Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL and much more.

Live Webinar Taking Your Data and Analytics to the Cloud Thursday, September 28th at 2 p.m. ET REGISTER As the urgency to compete on analytics continues to revolutionize the business world, more and more organizations are moving their data to…

Data-driven business users have come to expect faster and more complete analytics results than ever before. This means IT departments are faced with the challenge of integrating more data types from more sources. Traditional data warehouse technology is simply not…

In order for a retailer improve their in-store revenues and overall customer experience, they need to deeply understand the shopping habits of their customers and how merchandise placement in stores influences buying behaviour. This  major global retailer needed to capture…

A common concern for businesses is optimizing database speed and performance, without raising costs. Nav Canada supports flight planning with aviation weather, aeronautical information, and online flight planning. To address a need for a more cost-efficient environment for their critical…

Today’s innovative organizations have come to rely on the flexibility, modularity, and scalability of the cloud for their business-critical SaaS platforms and associated data. Mapp Digital’s cloud migration project is just one example of how Pythian can help SaaS companies…

In a previous post titled Machine Learning on the cloud, we examined in plain language what is machine learning, what is the cloud, and the merits of leveraging cloud resources for machine learning practice. In this post, we introduce the…