Making Big Data Fast

Imagine for a moment the classic I Love Lucy scene that takes place in Kramer’s Kandy Kitchen. Lucy and Ethel are trying to wrap candy but the conveyor belt is delivering it too quickly. Some of the candy gets wrapped, some of it gets through unwrapped, and some of it ends up hilarious places better left unmentioned. And then venerable character actress Elvia Allman yells, “Speed it up a little!”