Hi, I am sorry to bother you, but I couldn't find any information about online test of spark certification managed through Kryterion. Could you please give me the link about it? Thanks a lot in advance.
Cheers Gen On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 6:18 PM, Paco Nathan <cet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Saurabh, > > In your area, Big Data Partnership provides Spark training: > http://www.bigdatapartnership.com/ > > As Sean mentioned, there is a certification program via a partnership > between O'Reilly Media and Databricks http://www.oreilly.com/go/sparkcert > That is offered in two ways, in-person at events such as Strata + Hadoop > World http://strataconf.com/ and also an online test managed through > Kryterion. Sign up on the O'Reilly page. > > There are also two MOOCs starting soon on edX through University of > California: > > Intro to Big Data with Apache Spark > by Prof. Anthony Joseph, UC Berkeley > begins Feb 23 > > https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-big-data-apache-spark-uc-berkeleyx-cs100-1x#.VK1pkmTF8gk > > Scalable Machine Learning > Prof. Ameet Talwalkar, UCLA > begins Apr 14 > > https://www.edx.org/course/scalable-machine-learning-uc-berkeleyx-cs190-1x#.VK1pkmTF8gk > > For coaching, arguably you might be best to talk with consultants > especially for near-term needs. Contact me off-list and I can help provide > intros in your area. > > Thanks, > Paco > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 6:38 AM, Saurabh Agrawal < > saurabh.agra...@markit.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Can you please suggest some of the best available trainings/ coaching >> and professional certifications in Apache Spark? >> >> >> >> We are trying to run predictive analysis on our Sales data and come out >> with recommendations (leads). We have tried to run CF but we end up getting >> absolutely bogus results!! A training that would leave us hands on to do >> our job effectively is what we are after. In addition to this, if this >> training could provide a firm ground for a professional certification, that >> would be an added advantage. >> >> >> >> Thanks for your inputs >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Saurabh Agrawal >> >> ------------------------------ >> This e-mail, including accompanying communications and attachments, is >> strictly confidential and only for the intended recipient. Any retention, >> use or disclosure not expressly authorised by Markit is prohibited. This >> email is subject to all waivers and other terms at the following link: >> http://www.markit.com/en/about/legal/email-disclaimer.page >> >> Please visit http://www.markit.com/en/about/contact/contact-us.page? for >> contact information on our offices worldwide. >> >> MarkitSERV Limited has its registered office located at Level 4, >> Ropemaker Place, 25 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9LY and is authorized >> and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority with registration number >> 207294 >> > >
