The feedback cycle and runtime governance

Introduction Runtime governance can be defined as the process which allows you to control and manage parameters in your runtime…

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How to be Big Data-native?

Big data has spawned a set of tools that deliver results beyond the buzz. It has started delivering real insights…

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Apache Hive on Windows in 6 easy steps

Note: You need to have cygwin installed to run this tutorial, as Hadoop (needed by Hive) needs cygwin to run…

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BAM, SOA & Big Data

Leveraging Big Data has become a commodity for most IT departments. It’s like the mobile phone. You can’t remember the…

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5 things Usability is NOT

Usability, IMHO, is the single most important factor in making or breaking a product. No matter how good efficient your…

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Servlet Basic Auth in an OSGi environment

You will first need to get a reference to the OSGI HTTP Service. You can do this through a declarative…

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A revolution with Business Activity Monitor (BAM) 2.0

Producing middle ware that is both lean and enterprise worthy is a difficult job. It’s either non-existent or requires innovative…

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HOWTO: Increase performance in your application

If there’s one thing that developers hate it’s seeing your piece of code becoming a performance hog. That piece of…

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The problems in Hadoop – When does it fail to deliver?

Hadoop is a great piece of software. It is not original but that certainly does not take away its glory.…

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