Between classic business transactions and social interactions and machine-generated observations, the digital data tap has been turned on and it will never be turned off. The flow of data is everlasting. Which is why you see a lot of things in the loop around real time frameworks and streaming frameworks. – Mike Hoskins, CTO Actian
From Mike Hoskins to Mike Richards (yes we can do that kind of leap in logic, it’s the weekend)…
Oh, Joel Miller, you just found the marble in the oatmeal! You’re a lucky, lucky, lucky little boy – because you know why? You get to drink from… the firehose! Okay, ready? Open wide! – Stanley Spadowski, UHF
Firehose of Terror
I think you get the picture – a potentially frightening picture for those unprepared to handle the torrent of data that is coming down the pipe. Unfortunately, for those who are unprepared, the disaster will not merely overwhelm them. Quite the contrary – I believe they will be consumed by irrelevancy.
If you’re still with me, let me explain. Continue reading Drinking from the (data) Firehose of Terror