Hortonworks data platform - international speakers

Hortonworks, is a leading innovator in the data industry, creating, distributing and supporting enterprise-ready open data platforms and modern data applications. We are proud to host Hortonworks during their upcoming visit to UAE. This is a great opportunity to learn about Hortonwork's big data product stack and ask them how they can help you solve your big data challenges.

Session – 1 (45 mins)
Connected Data Platforms
A new category of big data solutions known as Connected Data Platforms delivers actionable intelligence to leaders in business, government and academia by managing data-in-motion and data-at-rest. These Connected Data Platforms power the creation of modern data applications. Hortonworks DataFlow (HDF) manages data-in-motion, by securely acquiring and transporting data to Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP). HDP manages data-at-rest for all types of data, with enterprise-grade governance, security, and operations. Join us to learn how these two platforms together enable a powerful architecture to maximize the value of IoAT (internet of Anything).

Agenda:

Introduction to Connected Data Platforms
Modern Data Applications
HDP & HDF Introduction
Stories from the Field

Session - 2 (45 mins)

Data flow Using Apache Nifi

Apache NiFi is an extensible data processing and integration framework. NiFi can construct highly structured data flows with connectors into many traditional and Hadoop-related technologies.

https://nifi.apache.org/

Come learn and discuss the Apache NiFi project and how it works!

Agenda:

1. Introduction to Apache NiFi (20 mins) - Ankur Gupta

–Visual Command and Control

–Data Lineage (Provenance)

–Data Prioritization

–Data Buffering/Back-Pressure

–Control Latency vs. Throughput

–Secure Control Plane / Data Plane

–Scale Out Clustering

–Extensibility

3. Apache Nifi Demo (25 mins) - Ankur Gupta

Speakers:

Simon Gregory

Simon Gregory is RVP for Middle East, Eastern Europe & Africa at Hortonworks. Simon is an experienced keynote speaker and have lectured frequently to both board level and technical audiences.

Ankur Gupta

Ankur is a Technical Director for Middle East, Eastern Europe & Africa at Hortonworks. He currently focuses on translating customer use cases into Hadoop based big data solutions. Before starting his big data journey, he worked in the financial industry supporting and implementing large scale database systems.