Last week, an estimated 70,000 people arrived in San Francisco for Oracle OpenWorld. In the course of five days there were 2000+ sessions, 3000+ speakers, and about 800 exhibitors and demos. There were a lot of talks focused on the cloud, flash storage, engineered systems, analytics, and of course big data. MarkLogic had a popular booth, and our VP of Engineering, David Gorbet, was also interviewed on theCube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeDrVKgl55c.

So, how did we stand out in the

I just attended a great talk at the Evanta CDO Chicago event. Sriram Mohan of Avalon Consulting, LLC. and Rose-Hullman Institute of Technology spoke on the challenge of finding people who have Big Data or Enterprise NoSQL skills. This topic really resonated with me because, as a Sales Engineering Director for MarkLogic, I’m looking to hire engineers skilled in both. As Sriram says: Few people have any real experience, so how do you find individuals with skills that can close the gap? What would

I just attended a great talk at the Evanta CDO Chicago event. Sriram Mohan of Avalon Consulting, LLC. and Rose-Hullman Institute of Technology spoke on the challenge of finding people who have Big Data or Enterprise NoSQL skills. This topic really resonated with me because, as a Sales Engineering Director for MarkLogic, I’m looking to hire engineers skilled in both. As Sriram says: Few people have any real experience, so how do you find individuals with skills that can close the gap? What would

This week we had the privilege of being a sponsor at the Security Through Innovation Summit in Washington DC, presented by our friends at Intel Corporation. This event brought together Government IT and industry leaders to discuss topics related to Cybersecurity, Big Data, Cloud, and Virtualization, among others.

Jonathan Bakke, our Senior VP of Global Services, participated in a panel discussion on the topic of Maximizing the Value of Big Data Analytics, with government executives from

When a guy drags his overcoat across your sandwich, a crowded train is usually a bit overwhelming. However, I was recently riding a packed Acela from a customer’s site in Boston and had a good chat with my seatmate, who worked in a non-profit organization. Her job was to guide first-generation college-students through an unfamiliar landscape of academics and financial aid. “It’s hard for some of the families,” she said, “who might be supportive of their kid’s aspirations, but who don’t have the