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Doug Whitfield

Enterprise Architect

Doug has 20+ years of experience in various technology fields. He was previously head of the Madison Linux User Group and the Carolina Open Source Initiative. He has broad experience, having worked in government, healthcare, enterprise, and start-ups. His professional interests include observability and Explainable AI (XAI).

Latest Content from Doug Whitfield

Blog

InfluxDB and Telegraf Overview

In this blog, our expert explores InfluxDB and Telegraf, touching on key differences between them and important considerations for developers considering these technologies for enterprise deployment.
Databases
Blog

Open Source and AI: Using Cassandra, Kafka, and Spark for AI Use Cases

In this blog, our expert explores AI use cases for Apache Cassandra, Kafka, and Spark — and why free open source software is such an important part of AI and ML today.
Apache Kafka
Blog

What Is CentOS?

Get an overview of CentOS.
Operating Systems, Open Source
Blog

How to Upgrade CentOS

In this blog, we look at three ways to upgrade CentOS, including how to upgrade packages or move from CentOS 6 or CentOS 7.
Operating Systems, Open Source