Palo Alto: Gp 2: Hadoop Hands-On Workshop with Kevin Crocker, Pivotal Training

*** RSVP'ing for this meetup will NOT get you entry to this meetup. YOU MUST receive your promo code at the March 19, 2014 Hadoop meetup in person. ***

Want to get hands-on experience with Hadoop? Come play with our preconfigured environment in this workshop with Kevin Crocker!

Note that space is very limited to this event and will be limited to the following:

1. To qualify, you must RSVP and attend all of the March 19, 2014 meetup with Kevin Crocker and check-in with us at the event.

2. You must receive your promo code at the March 19, 2014 meetup

3. You must use the promo code and officially register for the workshop through the Eventbrite site before the deadline, March 20, 2014 at noon 12:00 PM PST.

4. You must have a laptop with the following:

• 64 bit browser (FireFox or Safari - NOT IE. IE is not certified to work)
• a working network card

5. You must arrive by 7:30 pm to set up your laptop on March 20, 2014.

** Promo codes will be handed out on March 19, 2014 at end of the meetup. The order will be determined by the order in which people registered for the March 19, 2014 meetup. **

** $10 refundable hold fee. Registrants will be charged $10 to hold their place in the workshop. The $10 will be refunded to all registrants who check in at the workshop by 7:30 pm on March 20, 2014 at the workshop. Any no-shows or late-shows will not be refunded. **

Schedule:
Location: conference room Tesla
7:30 - 9:30 pm Pizza, set up, Hadoop Workshop

Kevin Crocker, Pivotal Training
Kevin Crocker is a Consulting Instructor at Pivotal. He combines 40 years of technology awareness with 30 years of instructional expertise spanning multiple technologies and disciplines to bring a rich educational experience to his classes.

His teaching background includes: Statistics; operations research; optimization theory; distance education; adult education; instructional design; UNIX and Linux operating systems, servers, and scripting; Java; business, banking, and finance; virtualization; and Data Analytics.

He is a published author and award winning course designer. His guiding principle is: Driven by light bulbs!

When he's not helping people learn leading edge technology he's busy with his family, golf, and home brewing special beers.