The Briefing Room with Robin Bloor and MarkLogic
Live Webcast on June 18, 2013
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The heart and soul of Big Data Analytics revolves around search. That's why we keep hearing about NoSQL database vendors aligning themselves with third-party search engines. Because these purpose-built database engines do not leverage the Structured Query Language, search is the means by which valuable insights are gleaned from them. But bolted-on search engines typically don't offer the kind of deep functionality that built-in engines can.
Register for this episode of The Briefing Room to hear veteran Analyst Dr. Robin Bloor explain how search functionality provides a window into the possibilities for Big Data Analytics. He'll be briefed by David Gorbet of MarkLogic who will tout his company's object database offering, which boasts more than 10 years of use in production. He'll discuss how search can be used to expose relationships in Big Data and thus help generate insights. He'll also provide details on MarkLogic's enterprise-caliber capabilities, such as ACID compliance, its SQL interface, and where semantics fit in the roadmap.
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Welcome
Host:
Eric Kavanagh
eric.kavanagh@bloorgroup.com
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good and bad
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technologies
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analysts
! Allow audience members to pose serious questions... and get
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Mission
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JUNE: Database
July: CLOUD
August: HIGH PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS
September: ANALYTICS
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Analyst: Robin Bloor
Robin Bloor is
Chief Analyst at
The Bloor Group
robin.bloor@bloorgroup.com
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! MarkLogic is an enterprise-class NoSQL database company
! Key features of its database include ACID transactions,
horizontal scaling, real-time indexing, high availability,
disaster recovery, and government-grade security
! Its platform provides full-text query and search capabilities,
application services and big data analytics
MarkLogic
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David Gorbet
David Gorbet is Vice President of Engineering for
MarkLogic, where he also runs the Support
organization. Gorbet brings two decades of
experience delivering some of the highest-volume
applications and enterprise software in the world.
Prior to MarkLogic, Gorbet helped pioneer
Microsoft’s business online services strategy by
founding and leading the SharePoint Online
team. Gorbet holds a Bachelor of Applied
Science degree in Systems Design Engineering
with an additional major in Psychology from the
University of Waterloo, and an MBA from the
University of Washington Foster School of
Business.
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Database Innovation
Database used to be a “zero-innovation market.”
Now it is the opposite.
Traditional (relational)
database is now seen
(rightly) as inadequate
in many respects
Big Data is, mainly, new
data posing new
problems
New products are
emerging and some
older products are
being given a make-over
(and gaining popularity)
Hadoop has changed
perceptions and
thinking about database
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NoSQL Confusion
As the graph indicates
NoSQL is a very
confusing descriptor.
WHAT CAN A GIVEN
DATABASE ACTUALLY
DO?
The important question is
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The Joys and Sorrows of SQL
SQL:
Very good for set manipulation
Works for OLTP and many query
environments
Not good for nested data structures
(documents, web pages, etc.)
Not good for ordered data sets
Not good for data graphs (networks of
values)
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! In my view we have reached a situation where
there will be multiple “data engines.” Is that
MarkLogic’s view?
! Specifically, are there data structures or
database contexts for which MarkLogic is
inappropriate?
! What new features or capabilities are on the
MarkLogic roadmap?
! In your view, is the “age of the data
warehouse” over?
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! Which sectors/businesses are currently in
MarkLogic’s “sweet spot”?
! Data analytics involves much more than having
analytical functions in the database. It is more
than 50% data prep (merging, cleansing, joining,
transformation, etc.). How does MarkLogic
accommodate that?
! What is MarkLogic’s attitude to the cloud?
Specifically, where would it recommend cloud
deployment?