“It’s not About Big Data, it’s About More Data Sources”
I stole the title of this post from a blog post on the Sisense website. …
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Apache Spark continues to make inroads
I was reading a good article on Datanami entitled “Apache Spark Continues to Spread Beyond …
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Free Download – Simba Spark Extension for Lumira
We’re happy to provide a new Simba Spark Extension for Lumira to download. This extension provides …
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No Such Thing as a Free Lunch? Not If You Work at Simba
Did You Say Free Lunch? It’s 10PM on a Sunday night and I haven’t packed …
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Data Wrangling – a very important part of data management
I was recently reading an article entitled “An Introduction to Data Wrangling” by Stephen Swoyer …
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Have a Happy New and denormalized Year…
Gosh, it’s been almost a year since I last touched on the subject of JSON. But a couple …
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Free Download – Simba MongoDB Extension for Lumira
As promised in our most recent webinar “Connect SAP Lumira to MongoDB Data with the …
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The Simba Technologies Spark ODBC Driver is Ready To Go!
Today, Simba Technologies Inc. announced the launch of its innovative Spark ODBC Driver version 1.0.2. …
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Simba Gets Crafty
As software engineers, we aren’t often presented a chance to express our artistic talents…at least …
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Life at Simba: AYCE Sushi Lunches
If you ask most Vancouverites what the quintessential cuisine is for Vancouver, you’ll likely …
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DSN Hierarchy Models for ODBC Administrators on Mac OS X
Mac OS X has never had a large need for ODBC administrators on Mac: There …
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Simba Revolutionizes Connectivity Driver Development with SimbaEngine SDK 9.4
I’m pleased to announce the launch of SimbaEngine SDK 9.4, which brings development of extreme …
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Strata NYC 2014 retrospective
It took Strata three years to outgrow a hotel. I had to consult my Google …
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Introducing the New Simba MongoDB ODBC Driver: SQL for MongoDB Data is Here!
Simba Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of version 1.7 of its innovative …
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Simba in the Big Apple: A Strata + Hadoop World NYC Recap
Last week, Simba Technologies joined with several thousand close friends at the Javits Convention Center …
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My GranFondo Experience
Shortly after I started work at Simba, several people were recognized for signing up to …
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Digital Economy Congress 2014
I have the privilege of speaking on the Big Data Analytics panel of next week’s …
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Recapping Cassandra Summit 2014 (featuring CQL3)
It must have been a busier than usual week in San Francisco last week. (Or at …
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Now Available: Simba Technologies ODBC Driver with SQL Connector for Google BigQuery v. 1.1.7
Version 1.1.7 of the Simba ODBC Driver with SQL Connector for Google BigQuery has been …
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Connecting Apache Hive™ to ODBC/JDBC Applications: A How-to
(This Simba Technologies-authored post is published at MapR. Read it in its entirety here.) The …
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Connect Tableau to MongoDB, Salesforce, Cassandra, and…Well, Just About Anything
The good folks at Tableau Software (@Tableau) recently released v8.2 of their flagship analytics software, extending …
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Simba continues to lead with ODBC for Spark SQL and everything else
In the “Big Data” space, Simba has always been the leader in data connectivity being …
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“A Shark by any other name would run as fast (or faster)”
What’s in a name? Pardon my paraphrase of a certain bard: What’s in a name? …
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OLAP for Big Data…
Is it me or has OLAP finally (re)emerged from the shadow of the transactional systems? I was …
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Google Chucks MapReduce, Databricks is in the Cloud, and Shark Meets its Maker: A Spark Summit 2014 Synopsis
It is a post-MapReduce world. Last week’s announcement out of Google IO was that Google …
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Databricks – an interesting plan for Spark, Shark, and Spark SQL
This week was the Spark Summit in San Francisco. It was a great event with …
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Setting up Apache Drill to Query Hive and HBase: a How-to
The Apache Drill beta release is near! This guide will show you how to set …
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Teradata, Alteryx, and Big Data
I was reading a very good overview of Teradata written by Mark Smith entitled “Teradata …
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Hadoop Summit 2014 Summary
Here’s a re-cap of last week’s Hadoop Summit 2014. It’s difficult for me to convey my …
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Six Things I Learned at Hadoop Summit
Several colleagues and I attended Hadoop Summit in San Jose last week. Here are six …
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Interoperability Matters: With Simba Connectivity Integration, SAP BI 4.1 Signals Commitment to the Progressive Enterprise
Here’s some exciting news for you enterprise data connectivity junkies out there: SAP’s BI 4.1 …
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Mapping Unstructured Data: A How-to
When building an ODBC driver, you need to map the data from the data-source into …
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Understanding YARN (or Day 1 of pre-Hadoop Summit 2014 workshop)
It’s been a great day 1 of the pre-Hadoop Summit workshop. I attended Rich Raposa‘ …
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SimbaEngine SDK 9.3 with ODBC 3.8 is Ready
I am very proud to tell everyone that our SimbaEngine SDK 9.3 is ready now. …
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The State of Big Data – Actually, The State of All Data
I was reading a great post by Matt Turck at Venture Beat entitled “The state …
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Vishal Sikka leaves SAP
Latest news is that Vishal Sikka is leaving SAP. Vishal has been key to driving …
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Heartbleeding or not?
OpenSSL is said to be powering two thirds of the secure communication on the Internet. …
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Teradata 15.0 – a major new release integrating Hadoop
Last week Teradata announced version 15.0 that has much better integration with Hadoop. Teradata really gets …
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Handy Tableau tips and tricks…
I was working in the last few weeks getting a new driver to work with …
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Databricks and Apache Spark
I was reading a good article entitled “Databricks Moves to Standardize Apache Spark” by Alex …
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Understanding HiveServer2 0.13 Performance
Introduction As Hive 0.13 is just about to go out the door, I want to …
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I love the database world
I love the database world. Just when people thought database technology was not interesting, there has …
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Dependent Libraries on OSX
OS X is a popular platform for data scientists to use for analyzing data. You …
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Evolving Hive
One aspect of the current climate for polyglot development is the wide selection and rapid …
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Connecting Tableau to Splunk using Simba ODBC
Serdar Yegulalp at InfoWorld wrote a very nice article entitled “Splunk’s big data promise: Google …
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Strata Santa Clara 2014: SQL
Strata Santa Clara 2014 was last week. If you didn’t make it out, there are a …
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SAP HANA and the MDX Query Language
As SAP HANA gains more and more traction in the marketplace, a lot of people …
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Big Data JDBC Drivers
One of the announcements by Simba this week at the Strata conference was the availability …
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So what about JSON?
So what about JSON? JSON has been on the headline for the last few years. …
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Mac ODBC Drivers
Yesterday, Simba officially announced our suite of Mac ODBC drivers for Big Data. Every time …
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MongoDB ODBC Driver – SQL Access for MongoDB
The MongoDB ODBC driver has been gaining a lot of traction as MongoDB gains traction. …
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Splunk ODBC Driver
I just received the Splunk product announcement: “Introducing Splunk ODBC Driver: Industry Standard Connectivity to …
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The Year that was in Hadoop and Hive
I saw a couple of good retrospectives in the last couple of weeks to frame …
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MDX Query Language – SAP certifies arcplan Enterprise to connect to HANA
The MDX query language is a key way to access data in SAP HANA. SAP …
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SQL access to non-relational sources is proliferating
Alex Kodat wrote a good post on TDWI entitled “Can Big Data and SQL Get …
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The evolution of NoSQL
There is a good blog post by Robert Fox on sandhill.com entitled “Evolution of Hybrid …
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Using SQL to MongoDB to uncover Social Media trends
SQL to MongoDB is a powerful advantage as the world of Big Data and NoSQL …
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Debugging crashes on Windows
Have you ever wondered how to debug a Windows program that’s crashed? Here’s a trick …
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The On Ramp To Big Data – ODBC and JDBC
When reading all the predictions for 2014, it is interesting to see how ODBC and …
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Visual Studio Tip: Enabling TODO tasks
Visual Studio, the IDE of choice for Windows C++ development here at Simba, has a …
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An update on SAP HANA SPS7
The recent HANA SPS7 introduced Smart Data Access. http://help.sap.com/hana/Whats_New_SAP_HANA_Platform_Release_Notes_en.pdf There’s a good writeup of this …
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SAP HANA Smart Data Access and ODBC
SAP HANA Smart Data Access is a new feature that allows you to take data …
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Enable Analytics on Big Data in Tableau and Excel
Simba Technologies, a leader in Big Data connectivity, enables powerful analytics on your Big Data …
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Spark in 2014
A new year—2014—always brings hope and optimism. The world of data at least on …
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Hortonworks and Big Data
I was reading an interesting article in Forbes titled “Hortonworks Wants To Own Big Data …
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Explaining IoT to the Masses – iBeacon
With the turkey out of the way both north and south of the 49thand the …
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Salesforce ODBC Driver – connect easily from Excel, Tableau, Lumira, etc to Salesforce.com
I attended Dreamforce this year and was amazed at the size and scope of the …
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Strata NYC 2013 and the Hive Year in Review
Given the odd white stuff here in Vancouver here in the first week of December, …
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Big Data in the Cloud – Qubole looks interesting
If you are looking for a solution for Big Data in the Cloud, Qubole looks …
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Connect Microsoft SSIS to Hadoop Hive
As Hadoop and Hive gain traction in the marketplace, many people are looking to connect …
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Hadoop and Relational go hand in hand
There has been a lot of talk about Hive/Hadoop replacing the relational database. I personally …
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Big money in big data
The Strata / Hadoop World conference last week in NY was great as it showcased …
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Hive ODBC driver included for free
Last week, I was part of the Simba team at Strata Conference / Hadoop World. …
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Teradata OLAP – supporting the MDX query language
I spent last week at the Teradata Partners User Conference. This was Teradata’s annual user …
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The Cloudera Business Model by Mike Olson – Cloudera Chief Strategy Officer
Cloudera is definitely a leader in the world of Hadoop and Big Data. I was …
