Tag Archives: databases

A Billion Transactions

Posted on April 22, 2013 by way0utwest

How long would it take your systems at work to process a billion transactions? You’d expect some, heavily used and highly visible systems to be involved. The stock market systems process billions of trades a day, but I’m sure most … Continue reading →

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Modeling the Earth

Posted on April 15, 2013 by way0utwest

Whether you agree with the science of climate change or not, the ability to work on a project like this one from Microsoft Research would be cool. The issue of carbon pollution and the potential impact on our world is huge. If … Continue reading →

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Car Data

Posted on March 25, 2013 by way0utwest

I really like cars. In my lifetime I have owned more than my share of vehicles, and I always look forward to renting new makes and models when I travel, just to drive something different. As cars have evolved over … Continue reading →

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Zettabytes and Beyond

Posted on March 21, 2013 by way0utwest

The old Carl Sagan quote about billions and billions of stars in the universe doesn’t seem so large anymore. In fact, a billion of anything, while a large number, seems immense only until we talk about the scale of data. How much data … Continue reading →

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