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Big Data Analytics

DISCLAIMER: As with all other material on this blog, these are my thoughts and do NOT reflect the opinions of my employer. I really like the tagline on our logo: big data. fast insights. But leaving the marketing aside, what does it mean really? What is all the hoopla about big data analytics? The way [...]
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Big Data Summit

DISCLAIMER: I work at Aster. If you are interested in Big Data, you should check out the Big Data Summit. What is it about? The informal evening event, colocated with Hadoop World: NYC, will highlight advancements in data warehousing and big data management. Similar to ScaleCamp, Big Data Summit will showcase some of the most [...]
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Aster is hiring!

These days all news you hear is pretty much bad news. Layoffs and cutdowns everywhere. I’m therefore very happy to note that we are still hiring at Aster! We have a couple of positions open — you can find all the details on our website. So if you are looking for an exciting place to [...]
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The Aster Flower

DISCLAIMER: These are just my opinions and should not be construed as official in any sense. A few weeks back I was thinking about the name “Aster” and I realized that I didn’t really know what it meant. So I did some quick Googling and landed up at good old Wikipedia. It turns out that [...]
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Diving into nPath

A few days ago, Steve posted a concrete example of Aster nPath. Though the example in the above mentioned post was called “straightforward”, I think that for people unfamiliar with nPath syntax, it could have been a little difficult to digest in one glance. It certainly wasn’t immediately obvious to me. So I’ll try to [...]
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