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Learn Hadoop at the IOD Conference … there is still time

Leon Katsnelson — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:47:07 +0000

This year, Big Data is really big at the IOD Conference in Las Vegas. It is a subject of the keynotes, press releases and there are lots of breakout sessions on the topic. For a few sessions that were over capacity a repeat was scheduled. Here is one I plan to go to today and if you are at all interested in Big Data and IBM InfoSphere BigInsights (IBM’s enterprise ready implementation of Apache Hadoop) I highly recommend the session:

Session: IIM-3614B IBM InfoSphere BigInsights Product Deep Dive – Hadoop and Whole Lot More Time: Wed, 26/Oct, 02:00 PM – [...]

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Big Data at the IOD 2011 Conference in Las Vegas

Leon Katsnelson — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:27:04 +0000

Every year around the end of October I see geese heading south for the winter. And as if there was a similar instinct, those of us who are in to data and information processing head down to Las Vegas for the annual Information On Demand Conference. The conference has grown dramatically over the last few years and by all accounts it is going to be a great event this year.

Big Data will be in focus this year. There will be press releases, product announcements, demos and exhibits. Most important there will be an impressive array of technical sessions and [...]

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Gaming Hadoop Programming Challenge for a free trip to Las Vegas

Leon Katsnelson — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:59:36 +0000

Hadoop Programming Challenge: 4 days left

Ever since we announced Hadoop Programming Challenge we have had a flood of new students (7194) registering at the BigDataUniversity and a lot (1222) of people enrolling in the Hadoop Fundamentals I course. But don’t take my word for it, check the numbers out for yourself.

Gaming Hadoop

We have been surprised not just by the numbers but also by the persistence and ingenuity of the people looking to become one of the three to go to the IOD Conference in Las Vegas. A number of people have gone as far as to register [...]

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Learn Hadoop for Free and Go to Las Vegas … All Expenses Paid

Leon Katsnelson — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:07:51 +0000

BigDataUniversity provides free @your pace @your place education in Hadoop, MapReduce and other Big Data technologies. In addition to free courses, students also get free study materials and products to do hands on exercises. At this time we are running Hadoop Programming Chalenge that will send 3 lucky participants on an all expenses paid trip to the IOD Conference October 23-27 in Las Vegas. [...]

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Sneak a peek at the DB2 future if you are at IDUG in Anaheim

Leon Katsnelson — Sun, 01 May 2011 14:07:00 +0000

There is a discussion thread on LinkedIN IDUG NA group with a number of people chiming in about how many IDUG (International DB2 User Group) events they’ve participated in. Phil Granger thinks he has done 42. I have had my share of IDUG events but I don’t think I am going to beat Phil’s record. I did present at many IDUG events (well over 20 I think) and each one was a rewarding experience for me as both presenter but even more so as an attendee. I am always fascinated by the depth of the technical content that is exchanged [...]

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Still time to save on inspiration and DB2 skill

Leon Katsnelson — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:34:10 +0000

This year IDUG North America Tech Conference is held in Anaheim, California May 3-6. As in the years past, the agenda is deeply technical as IDUG has a stringent policy against "selling". Jeff Jonas will keynote this years conference. If you have never heard Jeff Jonas speak you are in for a treat. It does not matter what the subject, he will entertain and inspire you with deep insight, anekdotes and a different perspective on hot issues. Jeff is a founder of SRD, the company that helped Las Vegas casinos catch cheaters and US Federal agencies to combat terrorism .. all by analyzing data. SRD did such an outstanding job of data analysis that IBM acquired the company in 2005. [...]

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DB2 Night Show: DB2 Got Talent contest

Leon Katsnelson — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:54:11 +0000

In June of 2010 (it seems like so long ago) I wrote a post Move over Oprah, DB2NightShow.com is moving up in ratings. The gang at DB2NightShow.com produced and recorded 36 episodes. You can see the top 20 most downloaded episods here. To bring in new talent to the Season 2 (Jay Leno was not available) DBI Software and IDUG banded together to and created a contest that rewards with lavish prizes those willing to present their DB2 experiences. [...]

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Database forecast for Phoenix, AZ on Dec. 8, 2010: partly cloudy with DB2 v10 info

Leon Katsnelson — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:31:45 +0000

If you are in the Phoenix area on Wednesday, December 8 free up your calendar from noon to 4pm and come to the SWARUG (South West Area Regional User Group) meeting. Whether you are a DB2 for z/OS veteran, DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows pro or have never worked with any DB2 before, you will find lots of material to help you stated or to bring your database career to a new level. I (Leon Katsnelson) will lead a discussion and a presentation on how to leverage Cloud Computing and other new technologies as well as social media to [...]

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See you at IDUG EMEA in Vienna

Leon Katsnelson — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:19:38 +0000

I am about to get on an airplane to go to Vienna Austria where I will participate in the anual International DB2 User Group (IDUG) EMEA Conference. Vienna is a great city (too bad the forecast calls for rain) and the IDUG conference is in a perfect spot in Vienna. There will be copious consumption of beer Wiener Schnitzel and apple strudel chased by excellent coffee. Coffee was actually introduced to Europe via Vienna but I digress. As great as Vienna is, I am not going to travel half way around the world and suffer from jetlag just to get [...]

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A different view on a “Database Appliance” concept

Leon Katsnelson — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:57:41 +0000

As the open source faithful have gathered in Portland for the annual O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) Canonical, the company behind an ever popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, announced that it has paired up the latest version of the free DB2 Express-C v9.7 with the latest version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to deliver a free enterprise-grade cloud database appliance.

Not that kind of an appliance

Database appliances, especially for data warehousing, are all the rage. These database appliances deliver a package of hardware and database software that are put together and optimized by the DBMS vendor. Most of the industry [...]

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