By Dwight Merriman, CEO and co-founder of 10gen We’re several years into the rise of NoSQL, and yet common misconceptions persist about the movement. As spotlighted by 451 Research, NoSQL job demand is booming, and ranks second only to HTML5 among Indeed.com’s hottest job trends. Yet some continue to think of NoSQL as a niche ...

The NOSQL world is crowded with data stores that offer variations on key-value storage. These so-called aggregate-oriented# stores often have beneficial operational characteristics when compared to relational databases but little modeling expressiveness. Yet there’s another corner of the NOSQL universe where different choices have been made, where models have become far more expressive compared to ...

For big data, 2012 was either the year of recognition as the future of computing OR the year of overhyping.  Companies such as Salesforce.com, Adobe and Oracle all make major investments and announcements regarding their “marketing cloud” and how their solutions (are they new?) use big data.  Given the broad disparity of opinions over the “ascent” ...

Employers in Silicon Valley and beyond are used to fighting the talent war – especially for qualified engineers. Stock options, free food and dog-friendly environments have become the norm. Attractive hiring packages are a must. Retention efforts are aggressive – think of Google’s $150 million payout to retain two top product managers. The talent war ...

Many of the technologies that we rely on in business today reached their current penetrations levels through a hockey stick adoption curve—starting slowly, growing steadily for some time, and then rapidly accelerating due to a combination of technology advancements, IT capacity, and customer demand.  The rise of mobile phones followed this pattern, with measured growth ...

All too often the technology strategies for publishers have focused on optimizing one to two networks for sharing content with their users while completely neglecting other viable channels. Typically the ‘end-to-end strategy’ goes by the wayside or is neglected until some imaginary later date (or never). The problem with a single-tier or even two-tiered business approach is ...

2012 could easily be referred to as the year of the software glitch. While the Royal Bank Of Scotland (RBS) and Knight Capital Group are top of mind, they were certainly not the only victims of notable glitches. In fact, they were kept in good company throughout the year with major failures at United Airlines, ...

Data has always been important in business. However, the last few decades have seen an explosion in data unlike anything ever previously encountered. Not only do businesses have vastly more information to deal with, but they need that data to be available non-stop, at any time. Enterprises are now re-thinking not only their approach to ...

Several of us enjoy an eclectic mix of music. I, for instance, like to start my day with soothing classical music on most weekdays. But it’s jazz that helps me unwind and relax on the evenings I get home early. Sunday afternoons are when you can tune in to the oldies if you join me ...

Leaving your 9 – 5 job to work from home is like jumping out of the fry pan into the fire. You make the move while hoping for some relief like getting rid of the hectic routines and to work for yourself so that you can earn more by working less, but you end up ...