Big Data Executive Briefing
Posted by J Singh | Filed under Executive Briefing, Big Data, NoSQL, Map/Reduce
DataThinks' Executive Briefing on Big Data, NoSQL and Data Analytics is scheduled for March 1, 2012. Signup Information below.
These are are some of the topics we intend to cover in that briefing.
- What is Big Data and what problems does it solve? What opportunities does it present that weren't available before?
- These terms are often seen in articles about Big Data: NoSQL, Map Reduce, Analytics, Schema-less Databases. How do they relate to each other and how do they differ?
- What problems you are better off solving with traditional database solutions?
- The various types of NoSQL databases and what are they each appropriate for?
- Key-value stores (e.g., Riak, Redis, Voldemort, Tokyo Cabinet)
- Document stores (e.g., MongoDB, CouchDB)
- Wide column stores (e.g., Cassandra, Hypertable)
- Graph Databases (e.g., Neo4J)
- Analysis and Visualization
- What is Map / Reduce and the opportunities it presents for your business.
- The cost / performance trade-offs of running Map Reduce in the cloud, on Amazon EC2 or on Google, or in-house.
Any additional topics you would like to see covered? Please leave a comment.
The event is closed but corporate briefings based on this material are available. Please contact us to arrange.
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