PCM16 - Pentaho Community Meeting, coming up Nov 11-13
2 weeks to go. For the 9th year in a row, this fantastic event will take place in less than 2 weeks in Antwerp. See you soon!!Now, let me shamelessly copy the blog post from Bart Maertens, the...
View ArticleOh. btw, Pentaho 7.0 is out!
#PCM16 group photo - once again I was outside having a drinkI almost forgot! Pentaho 7.0 is out! We chose the amazing Pentaho Community Meeting (#PCM16) as the release date (talk about commitment to...
View ArticleNew WEKA releases: 3.6.15, 3.8.1 and 3.9.1
The Weka team is on fire. New releases available for download from the Weka homepage:Weka 3.8.1 - stable version. It is available as ZIP, with Win32 installer, Win32 installer incl. JRE 1.8.0_112,...
View ArticleCBF2 now supporting multiple instances running
The scenarioLast year I announced CBF2, the biggest, best, coolest way to manage Pentaho projects, available on github. In case you don't recall, it relies on docker to manage the images. Just read...
View ArticleDoing GeoLocation in PDI - Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle)
Geo LocationGeo location is something we often need in ETL work. And while we had a step that worked in PDI 5.x and earlier releases, we just noticed it's not currently working.Until this morning, that...
View ArticleFrom 0 to a full blown Pentaho 7 spectacular dashboard in 60m
CBF2 is awesome? Hell yeah!I've recently been blogging about CBF2 and talking about how great it is. But I admit that even just by looking at the blog post some people may not take it seriously...
View Article[Marketplace Spotlight] BTable 3.x
Marketplace spotlight time! This time for an amazing contribution by our Italian friends from Biztech.it.Massimo Bonometto just blogged about the new BTable release, that I shamelessly report here:Hats...
View ArticleBuilding Pentaho Platform from source and debugging it
After all, if it's open source, means we can compile it, right?I'm sure you've guessed by now this is not an original image from me even though I've been told I'm very good at drawing stuff - and I...
View ArticlePentahoDay 2017 - Brazil, Curitiba, May 11 and 12
PentahoDay 2017 - Brazil, Curitiba, May 11 and 12After a pause to rest in 2016, the biggest Pentaho event organized by the community is back. 2 days, May 11 and 12, dozens of presentations, use cases,...
View ArticlePentaho 7.1 is available!
Pentaho 7.1 is outRemember when I said at the time of the previous release that Pentaho 7.0 was the best release ever? Well, I was true till today! But not any more, as 7.1 is even better! :pWhy do I...
View ArticleA consulting POV: Stop thinking about Data Warehouses!
A consulting POV: Stop thinking about Data Warehouses!What I am writing in here is the materialization of a line of thought that started bothering me a couple of years ago. While I implemented projects...
View ArticlePCM17 - Pentaho Community Meeting: November 10-12, Mainz
PCM17 - 10th EditionOne of my favourite blog posts of the year - Announcing PCM17. And this year, for the 10th edition, we're going back to the beginning - Mainz in Germany.LocationLocation address:...
View ArticlePentaho Maven repository changed to nexus.pentaho.org
From a recent (at the time of writing, obviously!) issue in the mondrian project we noticed we failed to notify an important change:This morning the pentaho maven repository seems to be down.Each...
View ArticlePentaho Community Meeting 2017: exciting use cases & final Call for Papers
Enjoyed your vacations? Good - now let's get back in business!The Pentaho Community Meeting 2017 in Mainz, taking place from November 10-12, is approaching and more than 140 participants interested in...
View ArticleHello Hitachi Vantara!
Ok, I admit it – I am one of those people that actually likes changes and views it as an opportunity. Four years ago, I announced here that Webdetails joined Pentaho. For the ones who don't know,...
View ArticleAnnouncing Pentaho 8.0 - Coming in November to a theater near you!
Pentaho 8!The first of a new EraWow - time flies... Another Pentaho World this week, and another blog post announcing another release. This time... the best release ever! ;)This is our first Pentaho...
View ArticleA new collaboration space
With the move to Hitachi Vantara we're not letting the community go away - exactly on the contrary. And one of the first things is trying to give the community a new home, in here:...
View ArticlePentaho 8 is now available!
I recently wrote about everything you needed to know about Pentaho 8. And now is available! Go get your Enterprise Edition or trial version from the usual placesFor CE, you can find it on the new...
View ArticlePentaho 8.1 is available
Pentaho 8.1 is availableThe team has once again over delivered on a dot release! Below are what I think are the many highlights of Pentaho 8.1 as well as a long list of additional updates. If you don’t...
View ArticlePentaho Community Meeting - PCM18! Bologna, Italy, November 23-25!
PCM 18!!If you've been in one, no more words are needed, just go ahead and register! If you don't know what I'm talking about, just go ahead and register as well!It's the best example of what Pentaho -...
View ArticlePentaho 8.2 is available!
I've come to accept my inefficiency on keeping up with the technical blog posts. This is the point where one accepts his complete uselessness (and I don't even know if this is a real word!)Anyway - up...
View ArticlePentaho 8.3 is available!
Sorry for the delay! The release was late last week but I was travelling. In all fairness, I could have done this friday night, but then again, it was friday night so... 🤪🍷A note of thanks to the...
View ArticlePentaho 9.0 is available
Pentaho 9.0 is availableWithout further ado: Get Enterprise Edition here, and get Community Edition herePDI Multi Cluster Hadoop IntegrationCapabilityPentaho connects to Cloudera Distribution for...
View ArticlePentaho 9.1 is available!
Pentaho 9.1 is available It’s that time of the year! A new release is available!Go get EE through the support portal, and CE in the usual place!Main features · Google Data Proc Support·...
View ArticlePentaho 9.2 is available
Pentaho 9.2 is availableShort and sweet - I'll make it fast.Main featuresExpand to Microsoft Azure – SQL DB, ADLS, HDInsightUpdated Data Fabric – CDP and MapR (HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric)Productivity...
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