A crazy group of us got the day off to a rip roaring start by heading down to the Dolphin Club on San Francisco Bay for an early morning swim in the bay. We cabbed it down and were greeted by a full moon over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was about 62 degrees (F) and the [...]

So the 2nd day was as filled with brainiac conversations as day one…and most hush hush under NDA. However, I was able to get shots of a few more slides today that were not under NDA. First, here is the agenda. Sadly the Exadata session got canceled. Oracle has been recognized in the Gartner Magic quadrants in several [...]

For those who want to talk (not listen) about big data, here are 2 very cool sessions:

Here I am, and this is an actual story of one of my evenings, trying to spend money with a company and ultimately failing. I just gave up and bought a service from another vendor, not the incumbent. Here is that story and how I think big data could actually fix this (and potentially prevent some of this from happening). In the end this story should illustrate how big data can benefit me (get me what I want without causing grief) and the company I am trying to buy something from.