The single picture I have posted of Michael on this blog is not entirely indicative of his appearance, so I will probably add a few more images for balance. For now, though, there’s this video.

I just started looking at distributed data processing platforms. There is, of course, the Apache Hadoop project, but I have also come across HPCC Systems, a system used by LexusNexus Risk Solutions, and Disco, a system developed by Nokia Research Center.

"LexisNexis Takes On Hadoop With Open Source HPCC". http://t.co/jaGW2aK

June 22, 2011 10:01 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

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Disco: data analysis platform with MapReduce, implemented in Erlang. Jobs are written in any language (often Python). http://t.co/avr4fGV

June 22, 2011 10:12 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite

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