I had the privilege to speak for the first time at Splunk’s 8th Annual User Conference known to many as .Conf. In my session, I spoke about Splunk being a business critical application and how […]
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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 […]
Getting Appy with Splunk
A year ago this week, we at Dell EMC stepped up our Splunk App game when we debuted a VMAX Technology Add-On (TA) for Splunk. I got to also give credit to Splunk Staff SE extraordinaire […]
VxWhat? Making Sense of this VxWorld
VxRail, VxRack, VxFridge, VxWho? We have definitely found a naming scheme and stuck with it. However I am finding that it has started confusing a lot of our customers. I was at VMworld 2017 and […]
Engage with us at Splunk .conf 2017
Dell EMC making a big splash at it’s 4th Splunk .conf this year with a premier petabyte level sponsorship. The Big Data Beard team is pleased to be part of Dell EMC’s team supporting this […]
Big Data Beard Live Stream from .Conf!
Can’t get enough of our bearded shenanigans? Well you’re in luck! The Big Data Beard team is hitting the road, and we’re inviting YOU to come with us! Since we just launched the Big Data […]
24 Hours in Vegas: A Splunk Architect Certification Story
That’s what my Splunk Architect Certification lab felt like, but it was 24 hours, in a Las Vegas hotel, no sleep, & substitute chicken tenders for cigarettes. Although i did wear sunglasses during one part. […]
We are going audible…
We are tired of typing…but here we go. BigDataBeard.com has been the home of evangelists and specialists in big data sharing trends in the big data space, especially around architecture and infrastructure supporting big data. […]
Splunk .CONF 2016 – Buckets Full of Happy Tiers
This is the recording from the presentation that Jenny Hollfelder and I did last year at Splunk’s .conf 2016. The slides and video can be downloaded on the .conf website. At .conf 2017, I […]
New Blogger Welcome – Brett Roberts
It is a real pleasure to have Brett Roberts join the Big Data Beard squad as our newest contributor. Not only is he a smart engineer, but he is also bearded…and a veteran of the […]