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Love Your MongoDB

Pythian now officially supports MongoDB both as On-Demand and Managed Services offerings. We’ve been dipping our toes into the MongoDB pool for some time now, as more and more of our customers adopt...

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How to Reduce Errors When Managing a Database

Want to reduce the possibility of making errors when managing a database? Hear Pythian founder Paul Vallee give an overview of Pythian’s FIT-ACER checklist and see how it helped Pythian reduce error...

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Data Types and How They Affect Performance

When I was in high school, my practical arts teacher asked us to create a miniature of a structure. This meant looking at the blueprints of an existing structure and using it to create a small replica....

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When to use MongoDB and Hadoop

Pythian has been working with clients on big data consulting projects and when it comes to MongoDB and Hadoop we are often asked 2 questions. What is the differences between Hadoop and MongoDB? Can...

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Thoughts on Intel’s Hadoop distribution

When I heard that Intel announced their own Hadoop distribution, my first thought was “Why would they do that?”. This blog post is an attempt to explore why would anyone need their own Hadoop...

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Why upgrade to Oracle 12c

Oracle 12c: Making the Impossible, Possible? Pythian’s Oracle team has had the opportunity over this last year to explore, test, and assess every aspect of Oracle’s latest database release. Oracle 12c,...

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Oracle Database 12c: Network Recovery in RMAN

Over the past 8 months, I have had the pleasure of working on a soon-to-be-released update for our popular Beginner’s Guide for Oracle Database 12c. The publisher was looking for a “new brand” for this...

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7 Best Practices for Preparing Your Database for Black Friday

Black Friday and its online equivalent, Cyber Monday, are a month away, which means retailers are busy gearing up for a four-day shopping frenzy—kicking off a holiday season that, for many, accounts...

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Do You Know Your Customers? The Truth Behind Millennial Shopping Habits

Black Friday is fast approaching and all eyes have turned toward retail and the holiday shopping season. After initial reports that 2013 would be the worst shopping season since 2009, new forecasts...

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SMB File Share and SQL Server: An option to consider

Introduction When we relate file share and databases, many people will turn up their noses – but today this is a reality that we can use even in production. Microsoft spent the last years working on...

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VIDEO: The Evolution of IT Outsourcing

“For us to understand what’s going on in the industry at large, it helps for us to have a deeper understanding of the history of the outsourcing industry.” Pythian founder, Paul Vallée shares his...

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How to Reduce Errors When Managing a Database

Want to reduce the possibility of making errors when managing a database? Hear Pythian founder Paul Vallee give an overview of Pythian’s FIT-ACER checklist and see how it helped Pythian reduce error...

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The Hadoop and the Hare

I speak to a lot of people who are terribly concerned with “real-time”. Can data get into the warehouse in real-time? Can we record everything the user does on the site in real-time? Real-time is a...

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Life at Pythian as a MySQL DBA

Several people have asked me in the last year what it is like to work for Pythian. There are many reasons for a question like this, depending on who is asking. Some people are concerned about the fact...

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Welcome to Blackbird.io Employees and Clients

Today, we announced that Pythian has entered into an agreement to acquire Blackbird.io, itself the result of a recent merger between PalominoDB and DriveDev. I want to start with a hearty welcome to...

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How Different Datatypes Affect Performance

When I was in high school, my practical arts teacher asked us to create a miniature of a structure. This meant looking at the blueprints of an existing structure and using it to create a small replica....

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How Different Datatypes Affect Performance

When I was in high school, my practical arts teacher asked us to create a miniature of a structure. This meant looking at the blueprints of an existing structure and using it to create a small replica....

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When to Use MongoDB and Hadoop

Pythian has been working with clients on big data consulting projects, and when it comes to MongoDB and Hadoop, we are often asked two questions. What is the differences between Hadoop and MongoDB? Can...

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