Diane Burley

Responsible for overall content strategy and developing integrated content delivery systems for MarkLogic. She is a former online executive with Gannett with astute business sense, a metaphorical communication style and no fear of technology. Diane has delivered speeches to global audiences on using technologies to transform business. She believes that regardless of industry or audience, "unless the content is highly relevant -- and perceived to be valuable by the individual or organization -- it is worthless." 

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Debunking NoSQL Database Myths
Compared to relational databases, whose history stretches back into the 1970s, NoSQL databases are new to the enterprise scene. Adam Fowler, a senior sales engineer for MarkLogic based in the U.K., used Google to research prevailing opinions about NoSQL — and posted it on his blog which we covered a few weeks ago. Data Informed […]
Diane Burley February 01, 2013
HTML5 or Apps? Or, does it matter?
A recent Business Insider report tries to make a horsey race out of HTML5 vs Native Apps on mobile devices. And really, it is a silly argument. All of its “evidence,” which points to HTML5 as the “winner,” is based on the fact that HTML5 is more FREEly accessible and that there are no cumbersome […]
Diane Burley January 25, 2013
NoSQL Demystified, Deconstructed & Debunked
For a good primer on NoSQL, check out Adam Fowler’s post. Rich with details on the benefits of NoSQL — and the common misconceptions (yes, indeed a NoSQL database can be ACID compliant — if it is MarkLogic!!) Course, if you are on this blog, you already know a good deal, so consider it a […]
Diane Burley January 15, 2013
From Assassin to Ambassador
A little-known fact about the New York Summit last month: The keynote was actually given by a would-be assassin of MarkLogic. Mike Bowers, lead engineer at The Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (LDS), had been tasked with an initiative that would “kill” MarkLogic. With precise methodology, he installed MarkLogic’s enterprise NoSQL server in […]
Diane Burley January 05, 2013
Scaling to Olympic Proportions
The Olympics are a dream and a destination – a culmination of years’ worth of planning, hard work, and dedication that plays on a world stage. As London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, the British Broadcasting Corporation was the host of coverage – and it wanted its online experience to be as dramatic as […]
Diane Burley January 04, 2013
Marketing Chick and Agile Development
Getting ready for a panel I was moderating at MarkLogic’s Big Data Summit in New York last month, I was doing research on the history of Agile Development. My two guest speakers, Tim Dunnington of ICA and Richard Winslow of Zynx Health, were going to be talking “agile.” It turned out to be a great […]
Diane Burley December 27, 2012
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