Pentaho Announces Kettle for Big Data

January 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Pentaho has announced today that it is open sourcing all big data capabilities in Pentaho Kettle 4.3 and moving Pentaho Kettle from LGPL to Apache License 2.0.

Open sourcing will accelerate the development of Pentaho's big data capabilities by creating viral downloads and hands-on experimentation with big data developers, analysts and data scientists. As with its other initiatives, Pentaho expects this decision to create advocates within each big data community and the Pentaho Kettle community. The aim is to make PDI/Kettle the de-facto standard for operationalising big data. This could provide an on-ramp for new deployments of the full Pentaho Business Analytics suite around the world.

According to Zachary Zeus of BizCubed, "The practical effects of this announcement are that many more people within organisations will be able use Pentaho Data Integration to 'hard wire' analytics into business processes in an extremely cost effective manner. It's another tool for creating strategic knowledge assets."  He added that "BizCubed will be adding these Big Data developments to Australia and New Zealand training events".

Pentaho believes that Kettle for Big Data delivers the following key benefits to developers, analysts and data scientists:

  • Delivers 10x boost in productivity for developers
    • Visual tools that reduce or eliminate the need to write code such as Java MapReduce, Pig, Hive, or NoSQL database scripts;
  • Makes big data platforms usable for a huge breadth of developers
    • Whereas previously big data platforms were usable only by developers with deep specific skills such as the ability write Hadoop MapReduce jobs and Pig scripts;
  • Enables easy visual orchestration of big data tasks
    • Such as Hadoop MapReduce jobs, Pentaho MapReduce jobs, Pig scripts, Hive queries, HBase queries, as well as traditional IT tasks such as data mart/warehouse loads and operational data extract-transform-load jobs;
  • Fully leverages the full capabilities of each big data platform
    • Native integration with each one, while enabling easy co-existence and migration between big data platforms and traditional relational databases;
  • Provides a super-easy on-ramp to Pentaho Business Analytics
    • Full data discovery and visualization capabilities including reporting, dashboards, interactive data analysis, data mining and predictive data analysis.

Integration Q & A

Big data capabilities available under open source Pentaho Kettle 4.3 include the ability input, output, manipulate and report on data using the following Hadoop and NoSQL stores:

  • Apache Cassandra, Hadoop HDFS, Hadoop MapReduce, Apache Hive, Apache Hbase, MongoDB and Hadapt Adaptive Analytical Platform and HPCC.

In addition, Pentaho Kettle makes available job orchestration steps for:

  • Hadoop, Amazon EMR, Pentaho MapReduce, HDFS File Operations, and Pig scripts.

Pentaho Kettle can execute ETL transforms:

  • Outside the Hadoop cluster
  • Or within the nodes of the cluster taking advantage of Hadoop’s distributed processing and reliability

Pentaho Kettle’s Hadoop capabilities work with all major Hadoop distributions:

  • Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Apache Hadoop, Cloudera’s Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH), Cloudera Enterprise, Greenplum HD, HortonWorks Data Platform powered by Apache Hadoop, and MapR’s M3 Free and M5 Edition.
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We are hiring – Business Analytics Consultant

January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Job Description

Be a leader on a team helping to make better decisions business as usual. As a Business Analytics Consultant at BizCubed you will use your client engagement skills, technical know-how and experience managing small teams (3-5 people) to deliver programs of work that improve how organisations access and report information.

Your role will involve orchestrating technology driven projects with a focus on industrial re-engineering and operational improvement. You will need to liaise between IT professionals and business groups such as operations, finance, human resources, sales and logistics. You will be expected to coordinate tasks with precision and have a methodical approach to handling complexity.

Desired Skills & Experience

While no formal technical training is required, the successful candidate will have at 5-10 years of experience working with business analytics. You will understand how data is captured, stored and distributed at the enterprise level. Most importantly, you will know how to source information from disparate systems and package it in meaningful ways for decision makers.

Applicants will be evaluated equally on three measures:

  • Technical expertise
  • Business acumen
  • Client engagement skills

Note: we can only consider people who have a work visa, work permit or residency in Australia.

Please send your CV and a few paragraphs about yourself and why this role is a good fit for your skills to: careers@bizcubed.com.au 

We’ll contact people for interviews. 

Thank you!

Company Description

BizCubed is an integrated business advisory and technology firm. Formed by experienced executives with a passion for smart technology, our unique skill is accelerating the adoption of business analytics programs. We get results for organisations with an abundance of data in disparate systems that need a an ROI on their IT investment – fast.

Our consultants are delivering solutions for national insurers, banks, agri-businesses, transportation companies, retailers and government agencies at the state and federal level.

BizCubed advocates for open standards technology and we are proud to be the Gold Partner for Pentaho Business Analytics in Australia and New Zealand.

Additional Information

Type: Full-time
Experience: Mid-Senior level
Functions: Consulting 
Industries: Information Technology and Services 
Compensation:Subject to experience
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Gartner’s user advice for OS BI

December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Gartner Analyst: Andreas Bitterer

User Advice: Potential customers should be aware that, in practice, open-source BI tools generally ought not to mean free software. Customers should always subscribe to fee-based service agreements to guarantee product support, unless the tools are to be used in non-critical environments. Also recognize that, while the larger vendors have reasonable support structures, some small-scale open-source BI projects are supported solely by the open-source community and lack any SLAs.

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Wotif partners with BizCubed to Accelerate Business Analytics program

November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Wotif has engaged BizCubed to accelerate the development of their business analytics program using Pentaho Enterprise BI.

It will be a close collaboration with the Wotif project team to ensure that know-how is transfered throughout the implementation. The outcomes we'll be working on are rapid system configuration along with business enablement through training and a best practices handover.

BizCubed consultants: Zachary Zeus and John Ballment.

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New Pentaho Packages 2011-2012

September 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Pentaho has revamped its commercial open source BI offering for 2011-2012

 

Now called Pentaho Business Analytics, the new packages are designed to balance product features and running costs for different scales of implementation. Pentaho's packages are now priced on features and users as well as the number of supported server cores.

 

The new features in the BI suite, Interactive Reporting and Interactive Analyzer, which are geared toward 'self-service reporting' are only available in the Professional and Enterprise Editions with unlimited users. Customers with smaller deployments can access this functionality on the new Limited Edition package but there is a limit of 20 concurrent users.

 

The annual subscription model with Level 1 and Level 2 support providing by certified local experts (like BizCubed) remains the same. As does the interoperability with other applications and the 'no lock-in' nature of the software that allows customers to continue to adopt the best tools for their operations.

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Pentaho BI 4 Business Webinar

September 7, 2011 By

10:00-11:00 am on Thursday, 8 September 2011

Zach Zeus of BizCubed will explain the new features and functionality in the latest version of Pentaho BI.

Pentaho BI 4 is focused on amplifying end users reporting capabilities. We will demonstrate how the interactive reporting and the web-based drag and drop report designer allows users to perform lightweight data analysis.

Later in the session we will show how the inline formatting, column resizing, filters, sample data and data-less design modes work.

To register contact christian.hyland@bizcubed.com.au

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Pentaho Training Schedule 2011

November 5, 2010 By

Our Pentaho Training schedule for 2011 is out. Check out our Pentaho training page for more info.
Here are the courses:


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Join us for a half day seminar showing how Pentaho is revolutionising the way BI applications are built and deployed. In Sydney on Tuesday, October 26th and in Melbourne on Thursday, October 28th

October 15, 2010 By

BizCubed is presenting free workshops in Sydney on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 and in Melbourne on Thursday, October 28 2010. Click here to register. Get in early as space is limited to 20 guests for each workshop.

SYDNEY
When: 08:30 am – 12:30 pm, Tuesday 26 October 2010
Where: Yangtze Room, Mezzanine Level, 3 Spring Street, Sydney NSW 2000 [view map]

MELBOURNE
When: 08:30 am – 12:30 pm, Thursday 28 October 2010
Where: Conference Room, Christie Corporate, 454 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 [view map]

Upon completion of this workshop, you will have a solid workable framework for how to quickly and cost effectively arm your IT and business managers with the information they need to make the right decisions to grow your business and keep it competitive.

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Join us at The Open Source Australia Event 2010 – Focusing on Business and the Enterprise in Sydney 13 & 14 of September 2010!

September 3, 2010 By

****** Join us at The Open Source Australia Event 2010 – Focusing on Business and the Enterprise in Sydney 13 & 14 of September 2010! ******

Why?

• OSSPAC ~ Australia 2010 will let you experience first hand the wide-ranging open systems ecosystem through a multitude of activities, sessions, vendors, and networking events. Whether your business already
uses Open Source or you’re looking to implement Open Source software for the first time, at OSSPAC ~ Australia 2010 you can find all the answers you need.

• At OSSPAC ~ Australia 2010, in over two full days, you will hear from noted keynote speakers and learn from the best and brightest within the industry on what Open Source can do for you. You will discover
the latest trends, examine the newest software and solutions, and experience endless networking opportunities.

Who will attend OSSPAC Australia 2010?

• CEOs, CTOs, and CIOs who want to learn how to leverage Open Source tools, technologies, and “Enterprise Class” offerings to foster business
innovation and improve their corporate bottom line.

• Developers and system administrators who want the most up-to-date insights on the latest trends in operating systems, Free Web APIs, and to
learn how these and other emerging open technologies can advance their careers.

• Government officials and contractors who want to learn about the legal implications of Open Source, advanced risk management strategies, and
their implications of open technologies on public sector IT departments across Australia and Asia.

OSSPAC ~ Australia 2010 Offers Something For All!

OSSPAC 2010 fuses business and technology together to create a new world of opportunity for the distributed global workplace of the 21st century.
Here is what you can expect to find at OSSPAC;

• OSSPAC Expo – Where Open Source vendors from around the globe demonstrate the power and potential of free and open technologies.

• OSSPAC Sessions – Led by the best and brightest experts laying out their vision for the future and giving you the specific tools you need to achieve your professional goals.

• OSSPAC Keynote and Featured Speakers – Open Source industry giants offer their insights on how the world is turning to non-proprietary solutions, and how your business can ride the wave to increased
opportunity and profits.

When and Where?

• Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of September at the Hilton 488 George St, Sydney, Australia.

So, when we are not busy winning awards, we are spreading the word on how we can help YOU deliver greater business value and ULTIMATELY be more SUCCESSFUL!!! Register NOW at http://www.osspac.com

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Pentaho Analysis for OLAP Developers – January 2010

December 2, 2009 By

Our next Pentaho training course, Pentaho Analysis for OLAP Developers, will be held on 20-22 January.

Click here to register

This course is designed for BI developers and analysts tasked with developing cubes for online analytical processing (OLAP).

Online analytical processing (OLAP) is one of the most powerful technologies to use within Business Intelligence applications and systems. OLAP allows fast, interactive analysis of large volumes of data. The power to explore large amounts of data at the stream of thought allows employees throughout the enterprise to answer critical business questions and make better decisions. This course explores the architecture, concepts, and features of Pentaho Analysis (Mondrian) to harness the power of OLAP, including the use of star and snowflake schemas, the use of aggregate tables, and the integration of Pentaho Analysis and the remainder of the Pentaho BI Suite.

See our Pentaho Training page for more information on our training courses, including dates.

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