A number of months ago I wrote about how the World Tour Awaits, and all the buzz in the air about the new TwinFin. I was honored to moderate the best practices forums in North America and London, and many thanks to the rather effervescent participation by the panelists. Kudos goes out to David from Brightlight, David from Edge Associates, and Jeff from Quantisense, each of whom have those over-the-top kind of personalities that turn the session into an "experience" more than just a discussion.

But all in all, the sessions flew like lightning. If any of you have additional questions or insights, may I invite you to post them here on the Netezza community. The discussion never ends, you know.

It is interesting to note that many of the questions coming from Enzees in every venue, struck a common chord and followed a common thread. In that Enzees are unique and have a rarefied problem and solution domain. And are able to approach it with the confidence of Spartacus in the arena, or Jackie Chan on the streets of New York. Comments often began with, "I have a table with <seventy, eighty, ninety, your number here> billion records and I want to..."  I mean, seriously, those on the outside lookin' in will also look askance at such an opening statement, and marvel at the ensuing, rather casual discussion about it. Nothing is casual about these data sizes, on the outside world.

It goes like this: Bring it on, baby. Because the question of whether it can be done is behind me, now I just want to know how to do it well. The audacity!

Kudos also for the Enzee crowd members who injected their insights and wisdom into the discussion, freely sharing their technical and political battleground knowledge for the betterment of all. This was not the same as "iron sharpening iron", because at this scale of data processing, iron crumbles. No, this was a lot like titanium sharpening titanium, and was exciting to participate in, to say the least.

Many thanks also to Netezza for inviting me to the tour. It was a whirlwind to be sure, but well worth the ride. Tim, Olga, Courtney and Karina made it easy for me (actually all of us) to participate. Thanks to all for your hard work and a World Tour Well Done!