Tag Archives: Google BigQuery

Creating a serverless ETL nirvana using Google BigQuery

Quite a while back, Google released two new features in BigQuery. One was federated sources. A federated source allows you to query external sources, like files in Google Cloud Storage (GCS), directly using SQL. They also gave us user defined functions (UDF) in that … Continue reading →

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Pablo rocking the stage at Google’s annual cloud event!

Last week, Shine’s very own Pablo Caif gave a presentation at GCP Next 2016 in San Francisco, which is Google’s largest annual cloud platform event. Pablo delivered an outstanding talk on the work Shine have done for Telstra, which involves building solutions on the GCP … Continue reading →

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Shine’s Pablo Caif to present at GCP Next 2016!

Shine is extremely proud to announce that Pablo Caif has been invited to present at GCP Next 2016, which is Google’s largest annual cloud platform event held in San Francisco. Pablo will be presenting on the work Shine have done for Telstra, which … Continue reading →

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A week in the life of a Google Developer Expert

A few months back, Shine’s Pablo Caif and Graham Polley were welcomed into the Google Developer Expert (GDE) program as a result of their recent work at Telstra. The projects they are working on consist of building bleeding edge big data solutions using tools like … Continue reading →

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Google Cloud Dataproc and the 17 minute train challenge

My work commute My commute to and from work on the train is on average 17 minutes. It’s the usual uneventful affair, where the majority of people pass the time by surfing their mobile devices, catching a few Zs, or by reading a … Continue reading →

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