FROM THE CEO'S DESK
IoT and Data challenges
On one hand IT systems are grappling with deluge of data and are scrambling to put systems in place to make sense out of it. On the other hand we have now almost every object surrounding us capable of generating data. As an example take a look at these seemingly trivial objects : Toothbrush, shoe, helmet, power hammer, digital photo frames, medicine dispensing box, on site construction machinery, room heaters, washing machine, refrigerators, pollution sensors and the list goes
Sachin Dabir, CEO, Ashnik (UK)
"Performance degrades after migrating to MongoDB". Really? Read this.
During the last couple of months, I have been busy travelling across ASEAN and India to meet customers and prospects. I could see that MongoDB has created a certain buzz. The fact that it can very well co-exist with other evolving open source technologies e.g. PostgreSQL and Hadoop has made it even more loved among the data scientists and big data groups. But surprisingly, I came across a group of "unhappy" and "dissatisfied" users of MongoDB
Sameer Kumar, Database Consultant | Ashnik
"I like you because you come from a Data background"
"You know what, I like you because you come from a Data background. You are very strong in Data Strategy Consulting". I was sitting with the Enterprise Architecture and Solutions Director, of one of the biggest logistics firm. He continued, "Everybody in our organisation thinks about solutions first and then data strategy comes as a by-product, without much thought behind it. However, that has created so many inefficiencies and silos in the data sources. We are sitting on piles of data today. There are all sorts of RDBMS, No-SQL databases, unstructured data sources.
Kaustubh Patwardhan, Business and Strategy Head | Ashnik
"The key for any Organisation's marketing strategy is to have a better view of segmented, target based campaigns as well as User 3600 insights. Ashnik, through its expertise in Enterprise Database consulting (Primarily in PostgreSQL) has supported our Organisation to enable with those capabilities while lowering costs and reducing risks in our Business transformation drive."
Memory Matters
Database performance and hardware selection are complicated topics, and a great deal has been written on that topic over the years by many very smart people, like Greg Smith, who wrote a whole book about PostgreSQL performance.
By Robert Haas | Chief Architect, Database Server EnterpriseDB
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