Apache Spark - High Speed Flexible Big Data Analytics

Apache Spark is gaining tremendous interest and traction in the Big Data analytics space thanks in part to claims of up to 100x performance improvements. This meet-up will include a presentation on Spark, discuss how it compares to MapReduce in Hadoop, what you can do with it, and how to get started. Numerous use cases and demos will be highlighted to show the power and flexibility of Spark.

Speaker Bio:
Dale Mumper is an Open Source Analytics Solution Engineer with IBM. He has been in the data and analytics space for over 20 years as a consultant and as a leader. He holds certifications from Cloudera for Apache Hadoop, and Microsoft and Oracle in data platform and business intelligence.
When he’s not busy with data analysis, Dale is usually out hiking or traveling the world.

Pizza supplied courtesy of IBM