Roger Hosto
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Writing about databases, infrastructure, and whatever else comes up.
Dec 19, 2013 · Development
2014 AT&T Developer Summit
I will be attending the AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas. I will also be taking part in the Summit Hackathon. "The AT&T Summit Hackathon is the premier hackathon of …
Nov 20, 2013 · Development
SIC:// AT&T Hackathon 2013
Well, since my last blog entry I went to my first Hackathon, the Seattle Interactive Conference / SIC:// AT&T Hackathon. Ended up joining a team with two complete strangers, Joan …
Oct 1, 2013 · System Administration
Work Blog: Managing Your Linux Deployments with Spacewalk
I have been using Spacewalk for a while now and really like a lot of the built-in functionality. I have been using it to build out and manage a lot …
Sep 8, 2013 · Databases Administration
What does Facebook consider an average day's worth of data?
Well according to this article from gigaom.com. The average day looks something like this. 2.5 billion content items shared per day (status updates + wall posts + photos + videos …
Aug 29, 2013 · Databases Administration
Big Data for Small Business
I have said it before and will say it again you don't have to be fortune 500 company to use Big Data. Big Data is more about understanding your data, …
Aug 20, 2013 · System Administration
CentOS 6.4 service virt-who won't start - work around
Here is the problem. [root@bob ~]# service virt-who start Démarrage de virt-who : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/virt-who/virt-who.py", line 33, in <module> from subscriptionmanager import SubscriptionManager, SubscriptionManagerError File …
Aug 9, 2013 · Databases Administration
What's New with MongoDB Hadoop Integration.
I attend this Webinar yesterday and it was pretty good. I like how straight they interaction between MongoDB and Hadoop. Check it out if you get a chance. http://www.10gen.com/presentations/webinar-whats-new-mongodb-hadoop-integration
Jul 22, 2013 · Databases Administration
Wrangling Customer Usage Data with Hadoop
Here is our session from the Hadoop Summit 2013. Title: Wrangling Customer Usage Data with Hadoop Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/Hadoop_Summit/hall-johnson-june271100amroom211v2 Description: At Clearwire we have a big data challenge: Processing millions …
Jun 17, 2013 · Development
Something new, writing Android App in HTML 5
I wanted to write an App for my Android Tablet, something easy so I could get a basic understanding of what it would take to write an app. I figured …
Jun 12, 2013 · Databases Administration
Windows Azure HDInsight ( Hadoop on Windows )
Lately I have been asked by a lot of my co-workers, if Hadoop runs on Windows. After going to the Hadoop Summit last month, I have been able to tell …