Surfing Data with Apache Drill and SQL-on-Hadoop Technologies

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Self-Service Data Exploration and Nested-Data Analytics on Hadoop bySteve Wooledge, VP Product Marketing, MapR

Apache Drill is focused on letting people "surf data" as easily as they surf the Web, without the upfront data modeling required in traditional relational systems. SQL-on-Hadoop technologies are evolving at a rapid pace. Apache Drill is an open source distributed SQL query engine that is set to redefine how one approaches SQL for big data.

This session provides an in-depth introduction to how Apache Drill provides ANSI SQL capabilities on data that has just arrived on Hadoop without having to create a centralized schema. While dramatically improving the time-to-value of your data, Drill also is built with a JSON-like data model that provides interactive query speeds on common data formats used by modern web applications. The speaker will provide an overview of these topics along with examples.

How Big Data Drives Smart Decisions by Manny Puentes, CTO, Altitude Digital

New Big Data technologies and open-source community contributions have made it easier for businesses to analyze more data with less money. Innovative and adaptive technology solutions are also helping businesses overcome the hurdles of making billions of data points not just accessible, but meaningful.

By implementing Hadoop and other Big Data technologies, businesses can now store, scale, and pull the data that can truly push companies forward. We'll talk about why it makes sense for businesses to use this data architecture, how it can help inform insightful and cost-saving business decisions (including product roadmaps and new feature ideas), and how the technology is being used in video advertising.

Presenters:

Steve Wooledge is Vice President, Product Marketing for MapR, where he is responsible for identifying new market opportunities and increasing awareness for MapR technical innovations and solutions for Hadoop. Steve was previously Vice President of Marketing for Teradata Unified Data Architecture, where he drove Big Data strategy and market awareness across the product line, including Apache Hadoop. Steve has also held various roles in product and corporate marketing at Aster Data, Interwoven, and Business Objects, as well as sales and engineering roles at Business Objects and Dow Chemical. When not working, Steve enjoys juggling activities for his 5 kids and sneaking in some cycling or ski trips when he can.

Manny Puentes recently joined Altitude Digital, a leading video supply side platform (SSP), in the role of Chief Technology Officer to lead the company’s Product and Engineering initiatives. A 17-year veteran of the advertising, publishing, and software industries, Puentes brings business leadership experience, a deep knowledge of the ad tech industry and an array of technical skills to the role. Previously, Puentes served as CTO of Federated Media Publishing, Lijit Networks, and LinkSmart where he designed and developed enterprise-level real-time advertising and bidding platforms, delivering billions of transactions per day. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for building the global multimedia architecture for Raindance Communications’ (NASDAQ: RNDC) web conferencing service, where he earned a patent in collaborative communications