Dreamforce Dreaming

When I head out to a conference, I try to keep an open mind and not get too absorbed in my own point of view. It’s the best way to be amazed and surprised. That’s not to say that there aren’t some expectations. Or maybe not so much expectations as...

Intel Drops a Big Data Shocker

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, Intel surprised the Big Data world by announcing its own Hadoop distribution. Aptly named the Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop, the distribution includes several Intel contributed enhancements that it claims will improve performance...