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Getting Real with the MapR Platform
Summary
Jim Scott keynotes on the history of Hadoop, the difficulties that this technology has gone through, exploring the reasons why enterprises need to evaluate their targets and prepare for the future.
Bio
Jim Scott is Director of Enterprise Strategy, driving enterprise architecture and strategy at MapR. He is co-founder of the Chicago Hadoop Users Group. He served in the past as Lead Engineer/Architect for Dotomi, and he held several architect positions with companies such as Aircell, NAVTEQ, Classified Ventures, Innobean, Imagitek, and Dow Chemical.
About the conference
This one-day event focused on practical business applications of Hadoop and technologies in the Hadoop ecosystem. Industry thought leaders shared emerging trends and best practices with users and developers to deliver valuable insights from some of today's most successful Hadoop deployments.