Different Data Sources and NoSql featuring Jim Bates from MapR

Is Variety the missing link in your Big Data Platform?

What tools are available in the Hadoop space to simplify exploration of multiple data types at once from Text files to JSON document stores and more?

We'll cover standard linux tools, NoSQL Data Bases, and SQL on Hadoop solutions like Apache Drill that can empower your organization to dig into data using the skill sets you already have. We'll look at Data from text files to JSON document stores and how these tools can be used in one converged platform to simplify some of the complexity that this space effortlessly exudes.

Here is Jims Bio

Jim Bates, Senior Systems EngineerJim brings over 12 years of experience in systems and support engineering to his role as a Senior Systems Engineer at MapR. Jim was previously a Senior Systems Engineer for WANdisco. Prior to that, Jim was a Senior Systems Engineer for Spirent Communications, a multinational telecommunications test company. Jim also held various roles in systems engineering at Mu Dynamics. Earlier in his career, Jim held engineering positions at Tellabs and Advanced Fibre Communications. He began his career as an Officer in the US Army, where he designed and implemented mobile routing networks and jumped out of airplanes with Cisco routers to get the internet working over single channel tactical satellite networks. In addition to his technical roles, Jim has worked as a house framer, a fireman, a janitor, an infantryman, and a paratrooper. His very first job was that of a farmer and rancher, working alongside his father, a time during which he learned his most important life lessons. When not working for MapR, Jim enjoys carpentry work, welding, kayaking, hiking, and spending time with his family.
Jim holds a BS/EE in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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