Attivio Offers a Spin on the Big Data Bandwagon
May 18, 2012
Attivio, a software company specializing in enterprise search solutions and unified information access, recently published an informative blog post called “How We Handle Open Source.”
According to the post, there are many open source products, particularly those put out by the Java community, that are responsible for some of today’s hottest technology trends. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of bugs and functional gaps as well. So it is necessary that companies have a system in place to handle these issues.
When Attivio encounters an issue with open source code, the company follows a series of steps to check for possible solutions and then:
“Lastly, we strive to create a formal ticket, patch and test for contribution back to the open source community. In all fairness, this is our weakest part of the process, but one we are striving to improve. Many of our changes are small in nature and fix either esoteric edge cases or general code cleanliness like the thread example I mentioned above, but most changes are still useful for the wider community.”
Every company is different but what they all have in common is the need for a troubleshooting plan to address the issues that can come from using open source products. Attivio’s solution is an excellent example of this.
Jasmine Ashton, May 18, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
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