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How to Provide SQL Access to NoSQL Type Data using Multi-Record Type

In this article, author Randal Hoff shows how to use Multi-Record Type pattern to provide both NoSQL and SQL access to c-treeACE data that combines multiple schemas in a single table.

Randal Hoff
on Jul 25, 2013
The Virtual Tug of War

Technology professionals have always fought an unrelenting war not dissimilar to feud between the Hatfields and McCoys – a continuous conflict with no winners. In the world of IT, this is a battle over security and performance fought by security professionals and network administrators. These two factions have always had to barter and maintain an uneasy truce in organizations in order to survive.

Michael Rothschild
on Jul 10, 2013
Spoilt for Choice – How to choose the right Big Data / Hadoop Platform?

In his new article Kai Wähner compares several alternatives for installing a version of Hadoop and realizing big data processes. He compares distributions and tooling from Apache and many other vendors including Cloudera, HortonWorks, MapR, Amazon, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft. He additionally describes pros and cons of every distribution and provides a decision tree for choosing a most appropriate one.

Kai Wähner
on Jul 09, 2013
Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon New York 2013

The main takeway points and lessons learned from QCon New York 2013 as seen by the many attendees who blogged about QCon. Experience QCon through the opinions of the attendees!

Abel Avram
on Jul 09, 2013
Cassandra Mythology

In this article, author Jonathan Ellis addresses the concerns of using Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, in terms of architecture, deployment and configuration, performance, query language (CQL), and database maturity.

Jonathan Ellis
on Jun 26, 2013
Virtual Panel: Performance Tuning Face-Off

In the world of application delivery, performance tuning still seems to elude the mainstream. InfoQ spoke to five luminaries of the performance monitoring space about why and what can be done. The result was quite an active debate. Members of the virtual panel: • Ben Evans • Charlie Hunt • Kirk Pepperdine • Martin Thompson • Monica Beckwith

Victor Grazi
on Jun 25, 2013
Jepsen: Testing the Partition Tolerance of PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB and Riak

Distributed systems are characterized by exchanging state over high-latency or unreliable links. The system must be robust to both node and network failure if it is to operate reliably--however, not all systems satisfy the safety invariants we'd like. In this article, we'll explore some of the design considerations of distributed databases, and how they respond to network partitions.

Kyle Kingsbury
on Jun 20, 2013
DevOps @ Rafter

This article is part of the “DevOps War Stories” series. Each month we hear what DevOps brings to a different organisation, we learn what worked and what didn’t, and chart the challenges faced during adoption. In this issue Chris Williams explains how Rafter grew from one developer taking care of system administration tasks to a full-fledged DevOps team that supports the whole business.

Chris Williams
on May 31, 2013
Interview and Book Review: The LogStash Book, Log Management Made Easy

James Turnbull makes a compelling case for using Logstash for centralizing logging by explaining the implementation details of Logstash within the context of a logging project. The book targets both small companies and large enterprises through a two sided case; both for the low barrier to entry and the scaling capabilities.

Aslan Brooke
on May 20, 2013
Interview and Video Review: Working with Big Data: Infrastructure, Algorithms, and Visualizations

Paul Dix leads a practical exploration into Big Data in this video training series. The first five lessons of the training span multiple server systems with a focus on the end to end processing of large quantities of XML data from real Stack Exchange posts. He completes the training with a lesson on developing visualizations for gaining insights from the macro level analysis of Big Data.

Aslan Brooke
on May 02, 2013
DevOps @ Spotify

This article is part of the “DevOps War Stories” series. Each month we hear what DevOps brings to a different organisation, we learn what worked and what didn’t, and chart the challenges faced during adoption. In this issue we learn how lessons learned from DevOps have permeated engineering management at Spotify. The result is a healthy Potlac with team leader, product owner, agile coach.

Mattias Jansson
on Apr 19, 2013
Culture & Methods

Interview with Michael Azoff from Ovum about How To Create the Agile Enterprise

Large enterprises face three challenges: to innovate and act as a start-up, to use a budgeting process that keeps the organization’s strategy in touch with changing market conditions, and to transform the whole IT department to agile. Principal analyst Michael Azoff explains Ovum’s view on creating an agile enterprise.

Ben Linders
on Apr 10, 2013

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