Why log data is the real story behind the Tesla/NY Times dust up | VentureBeat | Big Data | by VentureBeat
Summary
Matt Quinn is CTO of TIBCO, the parent company of LogLogic, which provides log management software. After New York Times writer John Broder published a review bashing Tesla’s new Model S, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stepped forward Wednesday with what he said was log data generated by the car during Broder’s test drive, and the data clearly refutes the writer’s account. Beyond the intrinsic value in data-as-it-happens, log data immediately becomes a historical record that can prove or disprove our hunches and, at times, fabrications. We’re globalizing and automating at a rapid rate, leaving the world more vulnerable to problems on a scale we haven’t seen before, like sporadic, vexing outages in enormous data centers, sophisticated digital fraud launched from anywhere in the world, and even computer viruses that can ‘sleep’ for periods of time to avoid detection before waking up and wreaking havoc. Log data used on the fly stops fraudulent credit card transactions before they happen for retailers like RadioShack, brings up another server before the website goes down for Hamleys in the UK, and demonstrates that we’re following regulations at the detailed level for headset manufacturer Plantronics.
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