Welcome to the Wisconsin SQL Server Users Group

Next Meeting

Tuesday,

March

March 2015 WISSUG Chapter meeting

In-Person @ 833 E Michigan St Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States (map)
16:30 - 18:30 Central Daylight Time
Language: English

How does Hadoop (HDP and HDInsight) fit into our neat & tidy database world?

In this beginner-friendly technical session you'll learn about Big Data from

the ground up with a focus on what SQL Server professionals need to know.

Find out technical details about what HDFS, MapReduce and YARN actually

are & how they work. Discover the Hadoop ecosystem and the projects within.

Learn how Hadoop complements the traditional relational database world.

Featured Presentation:

Hadoop for the SQL Server Developer/DBA

Bill Preachuk, Solutions Engineer Hortonworks

How does Hadoop (HDP and HDInsight) fit into our neat & tidy database world? In this beginner-friendly technical session you'll learn about Big Data from the ground up with a focus on what SQL Server professionals need to know. Find out technical details about what HDFS, MapReduce and YARN actually are & how they work. Discover the Hadoop ecosystem and the projects within. Learn how Hadoop complements the traditional relational database world.

About Bill:
Bill Preachuk is employed by Hortonworks as a Hadoop Solutions Engineer. He is also a SQL Server MCTS with plenty of years spent in the SQL Server DBA/Developer/DW trenches. Bill has been in IT since 1991 and has presented at PASS Summit , multiple SQL Saturdays, and PASS/Hadoop/Analytics user group meetings in the Twin Cities, Wisconsin, Iowa, Winnipeg, and Ukraine. He also served 2 years on the Board of PASSMN - The Minnesota SQL Server User Group.