Today’s home-PC’s are more powerful than we realize: more often than not, our normal activities on our PC’s rarely make use of its processing power. By parallel-linking ordinary computers in what is called Grid or Distributed Computing, the resulting computational power rivals that of so-called super-computers, at a fraction of the price. Presented by Marc Chase
Another video in Patricia Florissi’s (EMC Americas/EMEA CTO) “Big Ideas” series. This one explains Hadoop. It covers the history, the architectural principles, functions (like the name node, MapReduce). It’s interesting and useful to all (regardless of whether you’re an EMCer or not), but it also REALLY highlights why things we’re doing (like EMC GreenPlum HD as a leading Enterprise Hadoop distribution, or Isilon being able to natively support HDFS with a distributed name node function) are really applicable to these use cases! For EMCers and EMC Partners, on EduTube (edutube.emc.com), you can download the original file, more detail, comment, ask questions and more. This is a useful followup to the previous “Big Ideas” video around understanding cluster application and infrastructure models. Enjoy – from your friends at EMC!
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Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 07, 2012
Infochimps, the leading Big Data Platform-as-a-Service provider for the enterprise, today announced updates to the Infochimps Big Data Platform, the companys Big Data infrastructure solution for the enterprise. As a pre-built, managed and fully optimized solution, enterprises can get Big Data projects up and running in less time, for less investment and without hiring new talent. The system helps customers achieve real-time data analytics, cross-channel marketing campaign optimization, clickstream web analysis, and more.
The Infochimps Platform is the fastest path for enterprises to start tapping the power of Big Data right now, said Joe Kelly, co-founder and CEO of Infochimps. Running Hadoop clusters or performing real-time analytics doesnt have to require expensive integration or specialists. The Infochimps Platform is a simple yet powerful approach for deploying Big Data environments and apps in the cloud, on-demand. Were very proud of what is now a mature and fully-hosted enterprise offering.
In addition to offering a fully hosted version of the Platform to its customers, Infochimps is releasing a re-imagined Data Delivery Service functionality that creates a more seamless integration to a customer’s existing data, as well as real-time stream processing and analytics capabilities.
In the same way that a SaaS provider like Salesforce.com lets you focus on improving sales, not managing sales system infrastructure, Big Data should feel the same, explains Dhruv Bansal, Infochimps co-founder and Chief Science Officer. Infochimps lets you focus on generating insights from data, not managing Big Data infrastructure.
Success in todays fast-paced enterprise environment demands data-driven decisions. To that end, it is critical that corporations have a robust, plug-and-play Big Data platform capable of quickly and seamlessly combining data streams to deliver data insights at scale throughout the organization — all for less than the cost of doing it in-house, speeding implementation by months.
Question by Anonymous: I have to take a course on Computer Science at another college before the fall but which course do I take?
Just to begin. I know absolutely nothing about programming but the same applied to my cousins who are 2nd/4th year computer science majors. So I’m thinking it’s worth a shot. I have to take a computer science course so I can have basic knowledge before I actually enter college. However, the college I will be attending in the fall is quite far so I have to take a intro comp sci course at a college closer to my home. Now I’m confused on which course to take.
The first one is called “Internet Computing w/ Distributed Computing”
Here’s the course description. “Fundamental concepts of Internet computing and component – based software engineering. Web application architecture. HTTP protocol. Presentations tier techniques: servlets and JavaServer Pages. Application server technique: Enterprise JavaBeans. Introduction to Web services for J2EE.”
The second one is called Windows System Programming
“This course provides an introductory overview of system programming in the Windows environment, mainly focusing on system-level programming based on OS services and other APIs. Topics include system calls, file I/O, files and directories, memory management, process control, inter-process communication (IPC), and socket-based network programming. Coursework includes programming assignments and a final exam.”
Which one should I take?
Thanks.
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Answer by PE2008
First question is whether you really want to study Computer Science, or whether one of the following would be a better fit:
Computer Engineering
Software Engineering
Computer Engineering Technology
Software Engineering Technology
Information Technology/Systems
Looks like the two course you describe are closer to Information Technology.
You might get a head start on Computer Science by taking a course that lets you get good early at C/C+ programming. However, be aware Computer Science is very math-intensive, so you may want to take advanced math courses first.
If you’re headed for Computer Engineering, consider a course in Matlab.
If you take Computer Science, make sure the school’s degree is CAC/ABET-accredited.
What do you think? Answer below!
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