Adam Wray: We’re now moving towards distributed data platforms. This is where clients in the enterprise are going to say, “I want to use many models, but I don’t want to be responsible for figuring out how to keep all that available. I just want the data to be accessible so I can build my
Sramana Mitra: How does all this fit in the competitive landscape? Can you help me build an ecosystem map of where you sit? Adam Wray: I’ll take a high-level map and break it down. It starts with the first two trends. The first trend in unstructured data was Hadoop. That trend was driven by the
Sramana Mitra: Talk to me a bit about the computer architecture side of what you do. Adam Wray: Riak Core is focused on distributed systems. All of our algorithms are trying to make sure that we have places in multiple locations so that when you have a knottage within the Internet, which is a common thing,
Adam Wray: Let’s talk about healthcare and NHS. NHS is a health services organization in UK. They cover all the profile information for all 80 million citizens. That original project was held within an Oracle database. As they were continuing to expand the amount of data that they would collect and as they were capturing more
Real-time, distributed data availability for Big Data use cases is a key issue. Here, we speak with Adam Wray about the nuances. Sramana Mitra: Let’s introduce our audience to yourself as well as Basho. Adam Wray: I’ve been raised in companies like Akamai and Limelight Networks. I actually worked for Amazon for several years before