by Uwe B. Meding Normally, Hadoop processes the data that is stored in the local storage environment, usually HDFS and systems that derive from it. The data in these systems can be...
by Uwe B. Meding The iterators in the Hadoop reducers are not as simple as they might look. The issue is that for big data applications the total number of items that you are itera...
by Uwe B. Meding They are anonymous and blackmail internet companies: patent trolls are a plague that can plunge businesses into unthinkable troubles. We need to make it more diffi...
by Uwe B. Meding Bitcoins are magic. The promise of the virtual currency or crypto-currency to work flawlessly is fascinating. Especially, today where many people feel insecure abo...
by Uwe B. Meding Windows 8 was supposed to save Microsoft and the desktop. Looks like the verdict is in, and it is not pretty: The new operating system has not reversed the negativ...
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Uwe B. Meding » Get the PDF Twitter, Facebook etc. are every day communication means, in particular for the generation of people that grew up around the Internet. Social networking...
Uwe B. Meding » Get the PDF Encryption and signatures enable a confidential and secure email communication. This revelation is not new, however, a lot of companies shy away from im...
by Uwe B. Meding » Get the PDF Cloud-computing is a much discussed subject in the IT world. The hype behind it is an approach that shapes information technology. The details howeve...