As veteran of the IT industry, I fall inline with the 10,000 hour rule in reference to Linux/Unix Systems Administration. Needless to say, as a wrangler of *nix based operating systems, most people would consider me an expert; although, I rarely feel that way. However, as of recent I’ve been doing a lot of work on Big Data platforms, including Hadoop, Elastic Search, MongoDB, and using tools such as Storm and Impala. While the install of these platforms is trivial, I can unequivocally say that the tuning is not. Continue reading
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How to choose an SPI (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) service provider, Part Two
Welcome to part two of a three part blog series: How to choose an SPI (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) service provider? If you haven’t read the first posting, you can find it here. We are going to pick up where we left off in addressing both the ROI and culture of a prospective SPI provider. Continue reading
How to choose an SPI (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) service provider, Part One
Welcome to part one of a three part blog series about choosing an SPI provider. Be sure to check back to read part two and part three. In part one, I will be addressing aspects of an SPI provider to take into consideration when choosing one to partner with. In part two, I will delve deeper into a couple of these aspects, as well as giving some recommendations for SPI providers that I believe deliver great value while maintaining performance.
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