June Meetup : Hortonworks Educational Workshop

Fort Worth Analytics: Big Data and Beyond is excited to be having it's third Meetup of the year! The topic of the June Meetup will be "The Key To Success is Consistently Making Good Decisions & The Key To Good Decisions is Good Information" presented by Don Hilborn from Hortonworks.

Don is a Data Scientist and an Attorney focusing on regulatory compliance and Big Data as a Solutions Engineer at Hortonworks. He is an Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law. Don leverages over 2 decades of experience in information technology and his legal background to bring unique insight to the cross section of information technology and the law in the age of BigData. Don has held Lead Data Architect roles at McKesson, Anadarko, Boeing, Arthur Andersen and Compaq. Don has architected, developed, and implemented terabyte and petabyte information management systems.

There will be light appetizers and soda/water to be provided. Stay tuned for more details to come!

Agenda:

• 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. : Welcome & Networking

• 6:30 – 6:45 p.m. : New Faces Introduction and April Meetup Recap

• 6:45 – 7:45 p.m. : Hortonworks Presentation

• Background & Overview

• The Paradigm

• Philosophy Behind YARN Resource Management

• Applications

• ResourceManager

• NodeManager

• 7:45 – 8:00 p.m. : Wrap Up & Collaboration

• 8:00 – 8:30 p.m. : Social & Close

Parking:

$12 - Valet at door

Free - Metered parking after 6:00 PM downtown Fort Worth