Brandon Newell from MapR presents on Apache Drill

Presentation on Apache Drill by Brandon Newell from MapR. Lunch provided by dealnews.

Here is the abstract of the talk:

SQL is one of the most widely used languages to access, analyze, and manipulate structured data. As Hadoop gains traction within enterprise data architectures across industries, the need for SQL for both structured and loosely-structured data on Hadoop is growing rapidly Apache Drill started off with the audacious goal of delivering consistent, millisecond ANSI SQL query capability across wide range of data formats. At a high level, this translates to two key requirements – Schema Flexibility and Performance. This session will delve into the architectural details in delivering these two requirements and will share with the audience the nuances and pitfalls we ran into while developing Apache Drill.

Bio: Brandon Newell is a Sales Engineer at MapR. Brandon is responsible for working with customers, partners and prospects to understand and propose solutions using MapR technologies. Brandon has over 15 years of experiences as a hands-on technologist with a strong track record of success, serving as a trusted adviser and intermediary between cutting edge technologies and customers’ business needs. Prior to joining MapR, Brandon was a Storage Solutions Architect for Red Hat, where he provided clients with software-defined storage solutions that utilized physical, virtual and Amazon-based virtual machines to serve high performing and highly available storage. Before Red Hat, Brandon served as a subject matter expert in the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) space as a Solutions Architect for LogicsOne, where he provided businesses all over the world with solutions from both VMware and Citrix. Earlier in his career, Brandon was a Technical Project Manager and Solutions Advisor for Radical Support, where he specialized in SMB architecture.