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BeOS: Porting Unix Applications
Back in 1998 I wrote my first book, all about how to port Unix applications to what was then seen as a brand new operating system set to take on the world. BeOS was at the time seen as a revolutionary OS containing a number of radical features and…
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Data Mining Techniques
I have a new article on the basics of data mining techniques so that you can better understand some of the key principles behind the different methods and principles of data mining. From the abstract: Many different data mining, query model, proce…
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Couchbase and Hadoop Article in Portuguese
There is nothing cooler than finding that one of your articles has been translated into another language, and I just found out recently that my Using Hadoop with Couchbase article has been translated into Portuguese here: Usando o Hadoop com Couch…
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Document Databases in Predictive Modeling
My latest article on performing predictive modeling using document databases is now available on IBM developerWorks. The abstract: Predictive analytics relies on processing, analyzing data from many different sources, collating, and then processin…
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Couchbase Server Tutorial @ Progressive NoSQL
While looking up the notes for the upcoming Denormalised NoSQL Conference, I found the tutorial I did in May 2012 on Couchbase: http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/nosql/tutorial-1-couchbase
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Using Hadoop and Couchbase
My new article on using Hadoop with Couchbase is available now on the IBM developerWorks site. The article tells you how to integrate the massive map/reduce functionality offered by Hadoop with the query functionality offered in Couchbase. With th…
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Upcoming Events
The next few weeks will be busy, and if you happen to be at any of the following events, let me know! Data Science London, 19th September DeNormalised NoSQL, 20th September Book Signing + Booth, O’Reilly Strata Conference, London, 1st October Couc…
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Getting Started with Couchbase Server Published!
Having not published a book in years, I’ve just published my second book in as many months. Getting Started with Couchbase Server provides an overview of the main administration and user information that you need to install, setup, manage, and dev…
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The Technology Behind Couchbase
Couchbase Server is one product, but it’s made up of a combination of different components that work together in order to produce server product, including memcached and the spidermonkey JavaScript engine, and more recently the CouchDB engine for …
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Tip: Couchbase Server Monitoring
O’Reilly have published my top on the key stats to look out for when monitoring Couchbase Server: http://blog.safaribooksonline.com/2012/03/15/couchbase-server-monitoring/