The cyber security threat to both national safety and economic prosperity is very real. Following the publication of a set of national cyber security strategies (NCSSs), a new paper assesses the different approaches to addressing this threat.Nineteen...
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Big Data vendors and technologies, the list!
Now my summer holidays are done, I want to publish the list of vendors or technologies active in the Big Data space. I have organized them following the five Big Data steps. You’ll find a full description of each Big Data step in my No SQL, No...
Read moreAfter No SQL, No Hadoop!
Not Only SQL, Not Only Hadoop…I think the Big Data topic is changing, from hype to some reality. A few months ago, many of my customers were thinking of Big Data as something designed only for large internet companies like Google, Yahoo,...
Read moreWhat is Hadoop?
(or Hadoop for dummy architects like me)I’m sure you’ve heard about Big Data. If not, I recommend you my blog post “What is Big Data ?”The most well known technology used for Big Data is Hadoop. It is used by Yahoo, eBay, LinkedIn and...
Read moreEuropeana: Intriguing mix of Needs, Climate and Politics.
Europeana: Intriguing mix of Needs, Climate and Politics.Ever realized how much information is available outside of the general source you use, i.e. the Internet? Probably not. Yet, companies and government are creating, collecting and storing vast...
Read moreOpen Source Software - by Microsoft
In a recent tweet someone asked the question why anyone involved with Open Source software development would still want to work at Microsoft. Somehow it doesn't seem like the most obvious environment for it. Do open source adepts at Microsoft get...
Read moreThe Power of Open Source
The adoption of open source in enterprises has grown significantly over the past decades. At Capgemini open source software has become the fifth largest technology platform with which our people deliver services to clients....
Read moreTop 5 facts on cloud computing (and why it matters)
Last weeks were cloudy. Microsoft announced a Windows Cloud OS. Amazon announced that Windows will be supported in their Elastic Cloud. The blogosphere was full of comments on the brilliant talk of Larry Ellison at Oracle Expo where he stated that...
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