#OCBigData Holiday Party 2015

5:00p - 6:00p
Socialize over food and adult beverages

6:00p - 7:00p
Dormain Drewitz @ Pivotal

7:00p - 8:00p
Scott Gnau, CTO @ Hortonworks

8:00p - 9:00p
More mingling and adult beverages

Sponsored by Pivotal (http://pivotal.io/) and Hortonworks (http://www.hortonworks.com/)

As new types of modern data sources gain significant momentum, you need to apply machine learning in your business operations. What will be required to take advantage of your data? How can you shorten the time to business value?

Hear first from Dormain Drewitz (@dormaindrewitz (https://twitter.com/dormaindrewitz)) of Pivotal on how companies are transforming into data-driven enterprises by:

• Modernizing their data infrastructure with Hadoop

• Building machine learning models with advanced analytics and open source tool

• Developing applications that score data in real-time

Then, hear from big data industry expert Scott Gnau (@scott_gnau (https://twitter.com/scott_gnau)), who will help guide you through the challenging terrain of today’s modern data architecture, by providing answers to the following questions:

• What is a modern data architecture ?

• What are the foundational requirements for creating a successful modern data architecture?

• What are the pitfalls and how do you avoid them?

• What are successful companies doing now?

Bios:

Dormain Drewitz is Director of Product Marketing for Pivotal Big Data Suite at Pivotal. Prior to Pivotal, she was Director of Platform Marketing at Riverbed Technology. Before Riverbed, she spent over 5 years as a technology investment analyst, closely following enterprise infrastructure software companies and industry trends. Dormain holds a B. A. in History from the University of California at Los Angeles. Follow her at @dormaindrewitz (https://twitter.com/dormaindrewitz).

Scott Gnau Scott has spent his entire career in the data industry, most recently as president of Teradata Labs where he provided visionary direction for research, development and sales support activities related to Teradata integrated data warehousing, big data analytics, and associated solutions. He also drove the investments and acquisitions in Teradata’s technology related to the solutions from Teradata Labs. Scott holds a BSEE from Drexel University. Follow him at @scott_gnau (https://twitter.com/scott_gnau).