Ellen Friedman

She is a consultant and commentator on big data topics. Active in open source, she is committer for Apache Drill and Apache Mahout projects and co-author of many books on working with data in the Hadoop ecosystem. She has a PhD in biochemistry, years of experience as a research scientist and has written about a wide range of technical topics including biology, oceanography and the genetics of learning and memory.

Software Development
Ellen FriedmanFebruary 20th, 2017
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Fighting Advanced Persistent Security Threats with Anomaly Detection: Sometimes More is More
Does this sound disturbing? You try to reach a particular website only to find the site is down. But it’s…
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Software Development
Ellen FriedmanSeptember 27th, 2016
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Event Time in Apache Flink Stream Processing
In this week’s Whiteboard Walkthrough, Stephan Ewen, PMC member of Apache Flink and CTO of data Artisans, describes a valuable…
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Software Development
Ellen FriedmanAugust 19th, 2016
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Getting Past Preconceptions: How to Use Innovative Big Data Technologies
What can you learn from ordering a cup of coffee? Try asking for a cappuccino made with much less espresso…
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Software Development
Ellen FriedmanJune 23rd, 2016
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How Apache Kafka and MapR Streams Handle Topic Partitions
Streaming data can be used as a long-term auditable history when you choose a messaging system with persistence, but is…
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Software Development
Ellen FriedmanJune 15th, 2016
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SQL Query on Mixed Schema Data Using Apache Drill
You may have heard this statement before: Apache Drill does schema discovery on-the-fly. What does that mean, and why should…
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Software Development
Ellen FriedmanJune 10th, 2016
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Beyond Real-time Data Applications – Whiteboard Walkthrough
In this week’s Whiteboard Walkthrough, Ellen Friedman, a consultant at MapR, talks about how to design a system to handle…
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Software Development
Ellen FriedmanMay 13th, 2016
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Ideal Messaging Capabilities for Streaming Data
What capabilities should you look for in a messaging system when you design the architecture for a streaming data project?…
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Software Development
Ellen FriedmanApril 27th, 2016
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Evolution of Big Data Storage: How to Support Real-time Analytics at Scale
Organizations embracing big data are ready to put data to work, including looking for ways to effectively analyze data from…
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Enterprise Java
Ellen FriedmanJanuary 7th, 2016
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What Will You Do in 2016? Apache Spark, Kafka, Drill and More
Let’s have some fun. It’s the start of a new year — we’re on the threshold of something new —…
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