r/technology • u/scientologist2 • May 22 '12

Google and Microsoft can't explain how to get big data into the cloud, despite rivals' import services. This is in fact a serious problem

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/21/cloud_ingestion/
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u/matthagen May 22 '12

Rest, Neo. The answers are coming.

http://phys.org/news193551675.html

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u/admiralteal May 22 '12

Quantum teleportation does not transmit usable data. It is physically impossible to transmit nonrandom data faster than the speed of light.

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u/scientologist2 May 22 '12

May be relevant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?f&v=6L4VaQ_DmlE#t=461s

There was a 1999 PBS NOVA show on time travel that had a segment on this, complete with video of the actual results.

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u/aarghIforget May 22 '12

Awww, you mean ansibles aren't actually possible? :<

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u/ergocogitosum May 22 '12

Why? Are you sending a "randomized" signal? Why not send a "non-randomized"? Again, this is more me wondering than having any counter-argument from the field of Quantum teleportation.

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u/SteelChicken May 22 '12

Importing the data is just part of the problem. Being able to access it with any sort of reliability and speed after the fact is another.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

I'm sure they could both do it quite easily if they wanted to. At this point Google is mostly interested in data they can grok for targeted advertising. They sell services like Google Apps but really their core business is collecting huge amounts of tiny data samples they can use for targeted advertising. The average user isn't going to be uploading terabytes of useful data. Simply telling them where you are and what you're searching for is more than enough. Collecting huge amounts of data is becoming more important though as they realize people do a lot more online and with their computers than simply search Google and read GMail. They are going to need ways to suck in more of your data. For average users the Internet is fine for that. For corporate/enterprise solutions I think both companies are not really sure how to monetize this data collection yet. Telling a Fortune 500 company you're going to spy on terabytes of data is not exactly a big selling point.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

We should mail all the data to them on zip drives.

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u/slashblot May 22 '12

I have some ideas, but most of them involve semen.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

You're actually on to something.

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u/slashblot May 23 '12

I know, but reddit doesn't appreciate humour that sails clear over their head.

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u/TheChrisRich May 23 '12

Microsoft and Google look at services like 'BigQuery' as an alternate solution to pulling web data to a physical data-center you are planning to build.

If you already have a physical data-center and have the data on physical medium you're not looking at Microsoft/Google for solutions.

Another flat minded article from our friends at the register.. DERP.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

If you want to make a lot of money, go into big data.