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Pentaho wants to make Hadoop easy
Even non-programmers can now use the power of Big Data.
By Alan Shimel on Wed, 07/18/12 - 10:11am.Everyone wants to be in on the Big Data gold rush. But the fact is using Hadoop and many other Big Data tools takes some specific skills and experience that put the power of big data analytics beyond the reach of many us. Pentaho, the open source powerhouse in the business intelligence space, wants to change that equation.
Pentaho's visual user interfaces allow even non-programmers the ability to mine Hadoop, NoSQL and other big data data stores for valuable and meaningful analysis. Time for development and deployments are slashed with the Pentaho solution.
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Pentaho is working with a wide variety of big data vendors across the whole specturm of the big data space
Most recently the Pentaho solution was chosen by Dell, along with Hadoop vendor Cloudera, as part of Dell's Apache Hadoop Solution package. I spoke with Pentaho's Ian Fyfe about the Dell announcement and the big data market in general. He says that when Dell enters a market it is a sign that the market has reached a level of maturity, indicating a critical mass of users. But with Hadoop and NoSQL, the lack of qualified programmers is still holding back even greater growth. Pentaho's visual interface could be the ticket to really see this market take off. It could bring the power of Big Data into everyone's hands.
In the meantime momentum continues to build as 2012 is shaping up to be the year of Big Data.
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As co-founder and Managing Partner at The CISO Group, Alan Shimel is responsible for driving the vision and mission of the company. The CISO Group offers security consulting and PCI compliance management for the payment card industry. Prior to The CISO Group, Alan was the Chief Strategy Officer at StillSecure. Shimel was the public persona of StillSecure as it grew from start up to helping defend some of the largest and most sensitive networks in the world.
Shimel is an often-cited personality in the technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. His commentary about the state of security, open source and life is followed closely by many industry insiders via his blog and podcast, "Ashimmy, After All These Years" (www.ashimmy.com). Alan is now also a regular contributor to The CISO Group’s security.exe blog and podcast.
Alan has helped build several successful technology companies by combining a strong business background with a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field, and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality.
Disclosure: The CISO Group sells a software-as-a-service PCI compliance application called SAQPro. The company is independent and does not represent any other vendor's products as a reseller.
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