Introduction to HD Insight - Harin Sandhoo

The buzz is all about "Big Data" these days. One of the key things you need to understand about Big Data is how you go about making massive amounts of data useful to you or your business. This talk will review HDFS / MapReduce basic concepts and provide an overview of Microsoft’s Hadoop distribution, both on premise and in the cloud.

Bio:
Harin Sandhoo is a solutions architect with over 10 years of experience working with federal and commercial clients. He has extensive expertise in a wide range of technologies and development methodologies. He has most recently been working with SharePoint and cloud platforms such as Windows Azure. Harin also participates in Microsoft’s VTSP Program. Prior to joining AIS, Harin worked for L-3 Titan and ITT Industries. Harin received both his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park.