Azure 101: Hadoop on Cloud (Azure HDInsight)

Learn how to quickly provision a Hadoop cluster in the cloud using Microsoft Azure's HDInsight Platform-as-a-Service. HDInsight is a joint effort between Microsoft and Hortonworks that provides a full Hadoop stack. Also, speakers will discuss Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data Lake, and other offerings.

Agenda:

6:30pm-7pm: Drinks and Networking

7pm-8:15pm: Presentation

8:15pm-8:30pm: Q&A

Speakers:

Alex Derafshan, Microsoft Azure Data Solution Architect

Vin Sathe, Microsoft Azure Data Solution Architect

Speakers Bio:

Vinayak (‘Vin’) Sathe is a senior Azure Cloud Data Solution Architect with a mission to empower enterprises and help customers to solve their business problems using Microsoft Azure Cloud & Data Analytics platform including Big Data, Advanced Analytics -AI/ML Algorithms, Robots, IoT, NoSQL, & SQL data + analytics services. Before joining Microsoft, Vin had led many data analytics initiatives while working with Fortune 100 global organizations and dynamic startups in diverse industries across North America and Asia Pacific regions. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayaksathe

Alex Derafshan is a seasoned and visionary IT leader with over 25 years of technology experience and 23 patents and founding startup companies.Previously has worked at Kaiser, Aruba, Juniper, Netgear, Palo Alto Networks, IBM, and Cirrus Logic. At Intuit built Cloud and Big Data Platform that has fueled company into one of the largest SaaS organizations in the world. Has worked in Senior leadership roles and Architect in many companies in Silicon Valley. Cofounded HMail, CCG, and NubLaaS a cloud as a service technology company to bring cloud management capabilities to SMBs.