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Highlights from the 2012 Hadoop World

October 29, 2012 Leave a comment

Strata Hadoop World

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Had a great time at last week’s Hadoop World, so wanted to write up a few of my thoughts from the event.

  • This year’s Hadoop World was the best attended to date – I believe I heard the attendee number to be at 2500 vs 1400 last year!  It’s great to see this kind of growth among the community considering there were only 500 attendees just four years ago.
      
  • In some similarities to what I’m seeing in the OpenStack community, this conference seemed to boast more from the “user” ranks as opposed to just developers as in the recent past.  It speaks volumes to the general adoption that Hadoop is seeing in the market.
      
  • Dell, the company I work for, and our Ecosystem Partner Datameer hosted a networking event for a number of folks at Hadoop World at the prestigious Circo NYC restaurant – great food and a great time with some innovative Hadoop implementers.  Got to really get indepth how real people are implementing Hadoop in their enviornments today.  Appreciate those that took the time out to attend, and for those who missed out, see you next time!
      
  • Cloudera announced their beta project called “Impala”, which allows users to perform real-time queries of their data, a feature that a number of Hadoop users have been anticipating.  According to Cloudera, Impala can process queries up to 30 times faster than Hive / MapReduce – very cool, and I look forward to checking it out.
      
  • Finally, Dell made an announcement about our donation of “Zinc”, an ARM-based server concept to the Apache Software Foundation, with support from our partner, Calxeda, where we see ARM infrastructures as an interesting technology for Hadoop environments.  The donation includes hosting and technical support for the Apache community. and we’re hosting the server concept at an Austin-based co-location.  The Apache Hadoop project has actually performed more than a dozen builds within the first 24 hours of the servers’ deployment.   (You can check out the full press release here to learn more.)
      

All in all, Hadoop World is another hit!  It was a great event overall and I look forward to next year’s conference.

To learn more about the Dell Apache Hadoop Solution and more about what Dell is doing in this space, visit us at www.Dell.com/Hadoop. 

And if you want to chat about how Dell can help you with your Hadoop initiative, drop me an email at Hadoop@Dell.com.

Until next time,

JOSEPH
@jbgeorge

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Dell @ Hadoop World 2012: Experts, Solutions, and Networking Event

October 21, 2012 Leave a comment
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It’s that time of year again – time for Hadoop World!  (This time a part of the Strata Conference.)www.Dell.com/Hadoop
 
It’s always a great time of learning what’s new and emerging in Hadoop, check out what vendors are doing to help drive Hadoop, and much more.
 
And, of course, Dell will be out there as well! 
  
    
Dell at Hadoop World
 
We’ll be out there as a Premier sponsor with a number of our experts en force, highlighting our work with the Dell Apache Hadoop Solution (www.Dell.com/Hadoop) and the Dell Crowbar software framework (www.Dell.com/Crowbar – if you haven’t checked this out, its worth a look – VERY COOL). 
 
In addition to our booth presence, you’ll see Dell’s committment to community and partnership firsthand as we support our ecosystem partners in various capacities. 
    
  
Networking Event – by RSVP!
 
Finally, there are only a few spots left for the “by RSVP” Dell | Datameer Happy Hour and Networking Party slated for Tuesday night at 6:30pm at Circo NY.   It’s a great place to come meet the creators of the Dell big data solutions and the pioneers of the Datameer data analytics software, all while having a great time.
 
Here’s what you need to know:
  • Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
  • Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Place: Circo NYC, 120 W. 55th Street, New York, NY 10019, (212) 265-3636, circonyc.com‎
  • Circo: offers upscale Italian fare built upon a foundation of signature Tuscan recipes from the kitchen of Maccioni matriarch Egidiana and prepared by Executive Chef Michael Galata. The menu is served in a lively, sophisticated setting reminiscent of the old-style European circus tents which inspired the restaurant’s name.

If you’re interested in joining us, be sure to RSVP with Dianna Doan (ddoan@datameer.com) ASAP.  There are only a few spots left, so be sure to RSVP now. 

I’ll be there, so I hope to see you too.
  

Looking forward to a great week!

Until next time,

JOSEPH
@jbgeorge

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