The Efficient Unified Analytic PlatformThere’s an ironic story about Jeff Bezos. Several years ago at Re:Invent, when he could be counted on to present the keynote, I watched…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Feb 4
Virtual Team Success: The Ideal Status MeetingCulture + Tools + Methodology = Virtual Team SuccessMichael David Cobb Bowen• Jul 8
Virtual Team Success: The Ideal Status ReportCulture + Tools + Methodology = Virtual Team SuccessMichael David Cobb Bowen• Jun 23
Virtual Team Success: Project ManagementCulture + Tools + Methodology = Virtual Team SuccessMichael David Cobb Bowen• May 7
Virtual Team SuccessCulture + Tools + Methodology = Virtual Team SuccessMichael David Cobb Bowen• Apr 28
The Evolution of Data Warehousing in the AWS CloudOur company has been designing cloud architectures for BI and Data Warehousing for a decade in the Amazon cloud. There are several new…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Feb 4
Five Simple Secrets for Running Virtual TeamsI work for a cool company that got rid of its NYC office the year I joined. From that moment forward, everybody in the company of a couple…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jan 24
Starting and Growing a BI Department from ScratchSometimes we fall into opportunities that allow us to start fresh. Not much could be better in that regard than beginning and growing a…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jan 8
Data Lakes : A Fast Shallow DiveLet’s start with a fast shallow dive. Structured data lakes are one of the things we’re all about at Full 360. You may have heard of data…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Dec 2
Big Data Analytics vs Data WarehousingQuestion: What is the difference between big data analytics and data warehousing?Michael David Cobb Bowen• Apr 24
The Relational DB Headaches I No Longer HaveI’ve been working with columnar databases for several years. There are many advantages that I’ve internalized using Vertica and Redshift…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Nov 2
Not Data Driven? A Risk ScenarioLet us imagine that you are in the fast food business. Your business model is that you never freeze food, everything is served fresh. So…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Aug 6
Machine Learning at Full 360I can characterize a project that my company has with one of our customers.Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jun 12
AI vs Humans On My MindLast week I was in Bogota again. It was less interesting than IAH. In Houston’s new terminal I was accosted by the ‘Stacked’ business…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Mar 19
Adrian Cockcroft & The PitbullA new and interesting video by Adrian Cockcroft at AWS validates an approach we have had at Full 360. I like the way he describes the…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Feb 23
Data Mining & Easter EggsQ: Why do they call it data mining? Isn’t it knowledge mining?Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jan 30
Preserve Your LegacyIf you are a gearhead like I am, there are few things that get you excited like the choppy rumble of of a hot rod. Of all the tuners, hot…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jan 25
An ETL / ELT PhilosophySomeone asked me which way I would run my data workflows generally through ETL or ELT.Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jan 7
How To Cloud A MainframeOnce upon a time there was a mainframe computer. I ignored it. So did you. We were wrong.Michael David Cobb Bowen• Oct 18
It’s Not About The ChartI think many people are unaware of the fact that analytic applications should be designed to establish a broad consensus with an…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Oct 4
Upsert into Amazon Redshift using AWS Glue and SneaQL | Amazon Web ServicesAWS Glue is a fully managed ETL (extract, transform, and load) service that makes it simple and cost-effective to categorize your data…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Sep 27
Data Lakes: A Deeper DiveThe benefits of a data lake are many. In one way, you can say it is one of the lynchpins of a data-centric cloud architecture. At a simple…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jul 28
What is the role of a Structured Data Lake in DW?The Full 360 Approach Our approach is a little different than generic data lakes. We build structured data lakes. A structured data lake is…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jul 13
Full 360 & The AWS Migration Acceleration ProgramI had an opportunity to head up to San Francisco and attend an all day seminar on Amazon’s new Migration Acceleration Program. This is what…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Jun 21
First Hands On BiscuitThis won’t take long. I’m still in the mood to rave. I’ve fallen in love with my new secret keeper: Biscuit + KMS. Biscuit is a…Michael David Cobb Bowen• May 19
The New Data Warehouse ExplainedThe outfit I work with, Full360 is one of those who have advanced the state of data warehousing. I have been building these applications in…Michael David Cobb Bowen• May 2
The Pitbull Framework: Next-Gen Data Warehousing in the CloudI want to begin to tell you a bunch of stories about where we are in our Big Data & Data Warehouse practice at Full360. We’ve been…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Apr 21
Serverless: A Quick and Dirty OverviewIf you keep listening, you’re going to hear people talk about serverless computing. Here’s a simplified history that projects into the…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Apr 20
The Serverless RevolutionA couple weeks ago, something profound occurred to me about enterprise software. I realized that when it is priced by server or by…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Mar 23
DevOps The Hard WayI’m going to be doing more management and ‘glue’ business the next year or so. Part of this business is selling and personifying the value…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Mar 17
Dynamic Data Warehousing of Semi-Structured Data with SnowflakeHere at Full 360 we consider ourselves “data centric… technology agnostic”. When faced with a data problem we try to identify the software…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Dec 10
HowTo: Use the Google Authenticator as a virtual MFA Device on the Amazon AWS ConsoleAmazon has supported the use of a hardware based MFA device. But the issue we have had as a firm that deals with many Amazon accounts…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Nov 18
Integrating AWS CloudFormation and ChefThe cloud ecosystem was a-thundering this Friday with Amazon Web Services’ announcement on CloudFormation. Much of it positive, and a whole…Michael David Cobb Bowen• Feb 27
