Date:    Jun 06/03/15 1:06 AM
Subject: NEJUG MEETING Next WEEK: Getting started with Hadoop
From:    Stevel Lintz


The next general meeting of the NEJUG is coming up next week(!!) and you are welcome to attend.
All you need do is register, show up for the meeting, relax and absorb. Come by a bit early,
and you'll have time for pizza and sodas - fully sponsored by Constant Contact (who also provide our excellent meeting facility).

Register now to reserve your seat

Here's the standard meeting agenda:

5:00 - Doors open for pre-meeting socializing (and seat claiming)
5:30 - Pizza, enough for two slices per person
6:00 - Start of Meeting (*)
- Welcome and NEJUG Announcements
6:10 - Announcements from the floor
- Upcoming events, e.g. workshops, meetings, space launches
- Job announcements - real jobs from real people (not head-hunter trolling)
6:20 - Lightning Talk
6:30 - Main Talk (part 1)
7:15 - Break
7:30 - Main Talk (part 2)
8:15 - Wrap Up & Q/A
8:45 - Adjourn - Clean Up & Get Out (*)

(*) All but the start and end times are approximate, depending on the flow of the meeting.


Title: Getting started with Hadoop
Presenter: Mark Johnson
Location: Constant Contact
Date: Thu, Jun 11

Register now to reserve your seat

Presentation Summary:
Apache Hadoop is a powerful and sometimes complex tool for dealing with Big Data as well as high data throughput applications which can
enable some existing applications to finally run right as well as open doors for entirely new types of applications and analysis.
So the question is how does one get started with Hadoop? This presentation explores the various introductory aspects of the Hadoop infrastructure,
data sources and query strategies and planning so you can get started with Hadoop.
Through this introductory no non-sense presentation we will explore various environmental options to design your initial cluster;
such as physical vs virtual environments. In addition, we will explore various data ingestion and modeling strategies so you can
populate your new cluster with the data required for your analysis in an Agile way. Finally, we will review various strategies available
to process and query your data so you can get value from the cluster.

Speaker Background:
Mark Johnson is a Director of Consulting at Hortonworks where his day is spent helping people achieve value from their Big and complex Data repositories.
Mark has worked on a wide range of technology during his career. Most recently he has focused on the Hadoop ecosystem. He is active in the software community
as the President Emeritus of the New England Java Users Group (NEJUG) and a regular presenter to user groups and various conferences. When not working,
Mark can be found riding his mountain bike on local trails and playing with his family.

Look forward to seeing you on Thu, Jun 11.  Register now to reserve your seat


Stevel Lintz
NEJUG President

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