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Using Google Apps

Google Apps for Work (formerly Google Apps for Business) is a suite of cloud computing productivity and collaboration software tools and software offered on a subscription basis by Google. It includes Google’s popular web applications including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Hangouts, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. While these products are available to consumers free of […]

Introduction to AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Amazon Web Services is a collection of remote computing services, also called web services, that make up a cloud computing platform offered by Amazon.com. These services are based out of 11 geographical regions across the world. To learn more about Cloud Computing please click here.   The following are some resources to learn about Amazon […]

A top 10 Children’s Hospital Implements Radiology Tracking Board

The radiology department of a top 10 Children’s Hospital began using a customized on-line patient tracking board created for them by Data Warehouse Consultants this week. This new application significantly reduces the phone calls and coordination that nurses, physicians and staff must do to efficiently move patients through the radiology department. The implementation of the […]

Development in Sqoop 1 vs Sqoop 2

I was working on a project last week to load data into a HDFS-based Hive database. This was essentially a periodic load so Sqoop appeared to be the best tool for the job. My small project consisted of the following goals: – Connect Sqoop to SQL Server and/or Oracle instances – Export a set of […]

ACDHS Qualifies Data Warehouse Consultants to Build Custom Applications

Pittsburgh, PA:  Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) approved Data Warehouse Consultants to build business intelligence and web applications beginning in September 2014. This provides Data Warehouse Consultants the opportunity to fulfill projects for the Department of Human Services on an as needed, project-by-project basis. Of the company’s recent success, Data Warehouse Consultants President John […]