Vision and bravado came from the Alpine Data Labs CEO and a spokesman for the venture fund at the recent Alpine Data Labs reception. But the stack of books near the exit told the real story: Malcolm Gladwell’s latest, David and Goliath, tells how Alpine intends to take on the “giants.”
CMO “and data geek” Bruno Aziza, in his second month since SiSense, says that where the Goliaths demand coding, Alpine demands none. Where the Goliaths sit on the desktop, Alpine floats on clouds. While the Goliaths extract from Hadoop, Alpine rides on top. Go, Alpine.
[…] “David and Goliath” was the theme we picked when we opened our San Francisco office this past November. Back then, few people had heard of Alpine but many came, curious to hear about the latest innovation in Advanced Analytics. Back then, people asked why we had chosen a “David and Goliath” theme for our launch party – some even blogged about it here. […]