by Ian J. Ghent | Mar 11, 2023 | Apache Spark Cafe
I often like to think in the hypothetical, thought experiments if you will. What if, at this very moment SAS was hammering out the final details of a deal to sell itself to Oracle. This might seem a far fetched notion to some, but I assure you that it is not only in...
by Ian J. Ghent | Mar 2, 2023 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Python, SAS
Back in 2015, when my colleagues and I first started reading about and experimenting with Apache Spark and PySpark, we knew there was something special brewing in open analytics. Being in the data and analytics world since 1997, I’ve seen lots of trends come and go....
by Ian J. Ghent | Mar 1, 2022 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Python, R, SAS
Back in 2015, when we set out to build SPROCKET, the World’s only SAS modernization solution, one key design question plagued our thoughts. Scalable, simple, fast and open-source, it was obvious from the early days of Apache Spark that it was analytics platform...
by Terry Swaren | Apr 28, 2021 | Apache Spark, Apache Spark Cafe, Customer Experience, SAS, Uncategorized
As we announce our strategic technology alliance with Databricks I can’t help but to think how customers see these types of announcements. Partnerships are announced everyday, it is not uncommon to see a large enterprise hardware vendor announce a partnership with a...
by Terry Swaren | Feb 11, 2021 | Apache Spark, Cloud Computing, Customer Experience, SAS, Solutions
There’s no doubt that cloud adoption continues to be one of the most relevant topics within every organization globally in 2021, something I do not see slowing. It is estimated that more than 80% of organizations run 30%, or more of their applications in a public...
