Hadoop, like my son, is now over 10 years old. When my son was born I had hair, the Blackberry was cool, and the iPhone would not be available in stores for another two months. […]
Sharing crumbs of knowledge and experience collected from working in the big data ecosystem.
Author: Keith Quebodeaux
Data and HPC Transforming Digital Design in Cycling
The most engaging and illuminating conversations can come from how big data is providing insights and changing activities we are passionate about. We experienced this first hand while recording our podcast and video highlighting how […]
Splunk My Ride! (and my Run and Swim) Part 1
GPS Exchange Format, or GPX, is a common import and export format for exercise tracking applications like Strava and Garmin. As may have been mentioned in previous posts my sons and I are semi-active cyclists […]
Big Data 101.1-Visions-AI-“We Are Legion, We Are Bob”
My family and I just completed our annual pre-Christmas pilgrimage to ski and snowboard in Colorado. For the ride we listened to “We Are Legion, We Are Bob” by Dennis E. Taylor. (In addition to […]
Ongoing Syllabus and References for Curriculum to Big Data (Frequently Updated)
Preparation for Practical Stream of Consciousness Curriculum to Big Data and Geekery (Ongoing Journey into the Heart of Data Darkness_201712xx_v01) 101.1 Visions Literature We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Bobiverse Book 1; Dennis E. Taylor; […]
A Practical Stream of Consciousness Curriculum to Big Data 101.1-Intro or Ongoing Journey into the Heart of Data Darkness_20171209_v01
Within any organization there are groups of individuals who are seldom seen but are some of the hardest working, ofttimes under-appreciated, and yet the most critical resources to the company. There is one such group […]
Splunk .conf 2017 Session – Dragons and Splunk Do Not Do Well In Captivity
Recently Kyle Prins and I were afforded the great honor and privilege to speak at Splunk .conf 2017 in Washington D.C.. Our objective was essentially three fold: Talk about typical customers’ Splunk journey with real […]
Machine Learning, AI, and Blade Runner 2049 – What Defines Humanity and Consciousness?
This Sunday I watched Blade Runner 2049. While I could spend hours extolling the imagery, cinematography, the incredibly immersive world, and the performances of Ryan Gosling and Robin Wright; the most interesting aspect is how […]
The Genesis of #UnofficialTriDellEMCSplunk
The Genesis of #UnofficialTriDellEMCSplunk: Splunkers, Ninjas, and Architects as Endpoints in the Internet of Things Splunk is the leading platform for machine data, and Dell EMC provides industry leading converged and hyper-converged infrastructure as Splunk […]
Testing of VxRail as a Scalable Starter platform for Splunk Enterprise – Part 2 of …..
By Keith Quebodeaux – Principal vArchitect for Dell EMC Testing of VxRail as a Scalable Starter platform for Splunk Enterprise – Part 2 of ….. It’s official – VxRail All-Flash meets or exceeds Splunk performance […]