In big data computing, and more generally in all commercial highly parallel
software systems, speed matters more than just about anything else. The
reason is straightforward, and has been known for decades.
Put very simply, when it comes to massively parallel software of the kind
need to handle big data, fast is both better AND cheaper. Faster means lower
latency AND lower cost.
At first this may seem counterintuitive. A high-end sports car will be much
faster than a standard family sedan, but the family sedan may be much
cheaper. Cheaper to buy, and cheaper to run. But massively parallel software
running on commodity hardware is a quite different type of product from a
car. In general, the faster it goes, the cheaper it is to run.
Time Is Money
As has been noted many times in the history of computing, if you are a factor
of 50x slower, then you will need 50x more nod... (more)
Over the next few years, the "realtime commerce" space is set to experience
phenomenal growth. Companies such as One Kings Lane, Groupon, LivingSocial,
Ideeli and others are developing a whole set of new retail business models.
Others such as Amazon and Netflix are developing ever more powerful
recommendation engines, and a huge number of companies are looking to develop
more accurate models for personalization and targeted advertising. A new
"realtime commerce" revolution is underway that will be as profound a shift
for the business world as the eCommerce revolution of the 1990s... (more)
With Dropbox, Jive, Yammer, Chatter and a number of other new services, the
modern enterprise is rapidly becoming "consumerized". And it's not just
business, the same is happening in major web companies, on Wall Street, in
government agencies, and in science labs. Thirty years of bad "enterprise
software" experiences is making this transition happen much more quickly than
anyone would have expected. The shift to cloud computing is also accelerating
the trend, as is the goal of developing a much more "social" approach to
business.
The other major change that's going on today thr... (more)
First it was just about documents, then about collaboration, now it's all
about data. Office software is changing, and changing fast. It's moving to
the cloud, and moving to the age of big data.
Data is growing exponentially everywhere. With this relentless data deluge,
every enterprise from global Fortune 50 companies down to SMBs, every
government agency, and every R&D lab, now needs a "big data office" solution
to ensure that everyone in the organization has instant access to all the
information they require, at all times.
We're now entering the third generation of office soft... (more)
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/26/12 -- TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI)
(OTCQX:TVIPF) (TVI or the Company) announces that its Philippine affiliate,
TVI Resource Development (Phils.), Inc. (TVIRD), has completed the Free Prior
Informed Consent (FPIC) process for a new Mineral Production Sharing
Agreement (MPSA) in proximity to the producing Canatuan mine. Approval of the
FPIC process was granted by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
(NCIP) and all documents have been immediately forwarded to the Mines and
Geoscience Bureau for review and granting of the MPSA permit r... (more)
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