This looks awesome Tom. 

--Paul

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> On Jan 31, 2014, at 1:50 PM, "Tom Barber" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Submitted it is!
> 
>> On 31/01/14 16:29, [email protected] wrote:
>> Nothing short of brilliant.
>> 
>> Submit! Submit with extreme prejudice! 🍻
>> 
>> --k
>> 
>>> On 2014-01-31, at 8:16 AM, Tom Barber <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Alright folks I was planning on pitching this, what do you think?
>>> 
>>> Title: Utilising the power of Apache OODT with open source Business 
>>> Intelligence tools
>>> 
>>> Event: ApacheCon North America 2014
>>> 
>>> Submission Type: Presentation
>>> 
>>> Category: Developer
>>> 
>>> Biography: Tom Barber has been a vocal Open Source Business Intelligence 
>>> proponent for many years. He is well known in the Pentaho community having 
>>> instigated a number of Pentaho community meetings in the UK and Europe. He 
>>> has extensive experience of information management, business intelligence, 
>>> data warehousing, and data integration with a range of technologies. Tom is 
>>> also the project founder of the Apache Licensed Saiku OLAP Analysis Tool. 
>>> When not hacking Open Source technologies Tom is the Technical Director of 
>>> Meteorite Consulting, an open source focussed Business Intelligence 
>>> consultancy.
>>> 
>>> Abstract: Apache OODT is a science data processing framework that is NASA's
>>> 
>>> first project to be released to the ASF. OODT has many publicised use cases 
>>> in the science world, but less discussed is the use of Apache OODT in the 
>>> world of business. We'll run through a number of examples detailing how 
>>> OODT can be used for non science based applications. We will also 
>>> demonstrate how Open Source Business Intelligence tools can interact with 
>>> Apache OODT and help integrate Apache OODT into Business Intelligence 
>>> ecosystems. Using Pentaho Data Integration we will demonstrate data 
>>> ingestion and extraction, and how ETL tools can help you manipulate data 
>>> from within Apache OODT.
>>> 
>>> Audience: User of OODT, and Business Intelligence developers who have an 
>>> interest in Metadata storage and processing.
>>> 
>>> Experience Level: Beginner
>>> 
>>> Technical Requirements: Projector
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 30/01/14 21:11, Christopher Warner wrote:
>>>> Ok, i've got a day to decide.. i'm swamped and I feel really lazy right
>>>> now, let me procrastinate a little while I think of how I can lay this out
>>>> into a compelling talk of some sort.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Chris Mattmann
>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Chris, smells like another talk. Please submit :) Seriously, you have it
>>>>> written below :) Submit! :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> Chris Mattmann
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Christopher Warner <[email protected]>
>>>>> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>>>>> Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:45 AM
>>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>>> Subject: Re: ApacheCon 2014
>>>>> 
>>>>>> One of the more difficult things for me trying to sell OODT was espousing
>>>>>> why it's useful for structured processes whether they be government
>>>>>> initiated protocols for data handling or workflow handling of that data.
>>>>>> In
>>>>>> some cases I'm dealing with large data sets that exist in things like
>>>>>> excel, word, or some other unstructured crazy format. So part of the
>>>>>> problem is social and dealing with researchers outside of the science
>>>>>> paradigm whom aren't readily used to processing or extracting information
>>>>> >from their data in that way.
>>>>>> I think it's a great idea that would give an immediate visually 
>>>>>> accessible
>>>>>> way of how it's useful for data sets not-related to science alone.
>>>>> >From New York..
>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Tom Barber <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So I saw the call go out that they were short of applications and it got
>>>>>>> me thinking once again.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My issue with Apache OODT is the fact currently a load of science bods
>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>> it (no offence ;) ) and the stuff you see written about and presented
>>>>>>> whilst a) is cool as hell b) lacks day to day "real world" applications
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> non scientists because if people do use it for non science applications,
>>>>>>> its not publicised very well  which is where I want to try and advocate
>>>>>>> OODT....
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But with my current clients don't have an obvious use case, but there
>>>>>>> must
>>>>>>> be a bunch if I sit down and think about them, so I was thinking about
>>>>>>> pitching a talk along the lines of
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    "Utilising the power of Apache OODT with mainstream Business
>>>>>>>    Intelligence tools"
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    Where I can discuss a few real world scenarios and I was thinking I
>>>>>>>    could demonstrate OODT integration with Pentaho Data
>>>>>>>    Integration(Apache Licensed) using ETL to control ingestion and use
>>>>>>>    Pentaho Data Integration to query and extract data from the Catalog.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    I could also use the Pentaho BI server to create a Dashboard
>>>>>>>    framework to display relevant OODT information and as an alternative
>>>>>>>    ingestion platform to the default File manager.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Clearly non of this is yet written and I guess I'd write it if the talk
>>>>>>> got accepted and I got my fellow colleagues to help sponsor the trip,
>>>>>>> but i
>>>>>>> thought the idea was worth putting out there to garner feedback from the
>>>>>>> development community.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thoughts on a postcard please.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 17/01/14 00:12, Chris Mattmann wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I was thinking of submitting one on the use of Apache OODT
>>>>>>>> in the Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) project at JPL. or on
>>>>>>>> the Wicket-based web interfaces. Do you have any ideas of what
>>>>>>>> to submit?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>>>> Chris Mattmann
>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Tom Barber <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 2:34 PM
>>>>>>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Subject: ApacheCon 2014
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>  Hi folks,
>>>>>>>>> Just a quick query. I was wondering if any OODT developers were
>>>>>>>>> planning
>>>>>>>>> to submit any talk proposals into ApacheCon?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> *Tom Barber* | Technical Director
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> meteorite bi
>>>>>>>>> *T:* +44 20 8133 3730
>>>>>>>>> *W:* www.meteorite.bi | *Skype:* meteorite.consulting
>>>>>>>>> *A:* Surrey Technology Centre, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2
>>>>>>>>> 7YG,
>>>>>>>>> UK
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> *Tom Barber* | Technical Director
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> meteorite bi
>>>>>>> *T:* +44 20 8133 3730
>>>>>>> *W:* www.meteorite.bi | *Skype:* meteorite.consulting
>>>>>>> *A:* Surrey Technology Centre, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2
>>>>>>> 7YG, UK
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Christopher Warner
>>>>>> http://cwarner.kernelcode.com
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> *Tom Barber* | Technical Director
>>> 
>>> meteorite bi
>>> *T:* +44 20 8133 3730
>>> *W:* www.meteorite.bi | *Skype:* meteorite.consulting
>>> *A:* Surrey Technology Centre, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YG, UK
> 
> 
> -- 
> *Tom Barber* | Technical Director
> 
> meteorite bi
> *T:* +44 20 8133 3730
> *W:* www.meteorite.bi | *Skype:* meteorite.consulting
> *A:* Surrey Technology Centre, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YG, UK

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