Big Data

Of all enterprise IT workloads, data-based infrastructure has been the hardest to deliver using a cloud-based deployment model. Data assets are typically the last to move over to a cloud…

The previous blog in this four-part series on Big Data & Kubernetes discussed integration points between Spark and Kubernetes. Let us now consider multiple integration possibilities for Hadoop/Spark with a…

I am delayed in my reviewing Gartner’s annual predictions of top 10 strategic technology trends. The report for 2019 was released a few months ago & can be found over…

Introduction Even before using Kubernetes for orchestration, the advantages to packaging Big Data applications and their dependent libraries using containers are manifold. A huge bugbear in advanced Big Data &…

Starting this week, we will do a series of four blogposts on the intersection of Spark with Kubernetes. The first blog post will delve into the reasons why both platforms…

“For the 21st century, we are glad we never got the ballast of an extra 4,000 branches. I’m certain it’s going to turn out to be a very fortuitous thing.”…

“We want real relationships, attracting customers with high rates is “the most commoditized business model on the planet.” David Chubak, head of global retail banking and mortgage at Citigroup, 2018…

In 2018, Retail and Consumer Banking provide the lions share of all global financial services industry revenues. After having recovered from the Great Recession of 2008, Retail banks, especially in…

The Buy Side is perhaps the biggest segment of Wall St & the financial markets – there are roughly 7,000+ mutual funds, thousands of hedge funds which invest across 40,000…

After a decade of focusing on compliance with regulatory mandates, Banks are back at fixating on technology innovation. The reason is obvious – over the last five years, Silicon Valley majors…