Hello, Igniters! It’s been a busy September for us here in the Apache Ignite community. We’ve been preparing for the In-Memory Computing Summit North America 2018 happening Oct. 2-3 in San Francisco. I’ll have details on some Ignite sessions below.
Meantime, our conference preparations haven’t slowed us down! Our intrepid Apache Ignite technology evangelist Akmal Chaudhri has been on the road as part of a European Big Data Meetup roadshow – his stops to date: Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Vienna, Munich, Zurich, Paris, Amsterdam and London. And this week, he'll be speaking in Oslo. Let’s take a look at some upcoming events for this week (and details on in In-Memory Computing Summit North America afterwards. If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and would like to attend the conference, I have 3 free passes available if you use promo code “TomVIP” during checkout). Meetups Bay Area In-Memory Computing Meetup Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (in Menlo Park, CA) Valentin (Val) Kulichenko will present "Best Practices for Stream Ingestion, Processing and Analytics Using In-Memory Computing." He’ll share best practices used for real-time stream ingestion, processing and analytics using Apache® Ignite™, Apache Kafka™, Apache Spark™ and other technologies. Big Data, Oslo V3.0 Meetup Thursday, September 27, 2018 Apache Ignite technology evangelist Akmal Chaudhri will be a featured speaker at the Big Data, Oslo V3.0 Meetup on Sept. 27 from 6-9 p.m. His talk is titled, "How to become a Big Data Rockstar in 15 minutes!" Abstract: The secret? Apache Ignite! Apache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform. It is designed for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory performance at scale. Conferences db tech showcase Tokyo 2018 Friday, September 21, 2018 Roman Shtykh, a Big Data Engineer at Yahoo! JAPAN, will be a featured speaker at the db tech showcase Tokyo 2018 conference, Sept. 19-21 in Tokyo. His talk is titled, "Apache Ignite: From In-Memory Data Grid to Memory-Centric Distributed Database," and is scheduled for Sept. 21 (Session D-33 #dbts2017). Webinars Apache Ignite: powering up banks and financial institutions with distributed systems Tuesday, September 25, 2018 In this presentation, Akmal will teach attendees about Apache Ignite, and about the key capabilities and features important for financial applications, including ACID compliance, SQL compatibility, persistence, replication, security, fault tolerance, fraud detection and more. IMC Summit (Oct. 2-3 in Burlingame) And as promised, here’s the lineup of Apache Ignite sessions at next week’s in In-Memory Computing Summit. The conference will include six sessions featuring Apache Ignite. Here’s a listing of the Ignite-focused sessions: Scalable Machine and Deep Learning with Apache Ignite with Denis Magda, vice president of the Apache Ignite PMC. Exploring the Full Potential of Ignite Using Classless Design with David Follen, ING Belgium How to implement data security in distributed systems - Transparent data encryption in Apache Ignite with Nikolay Izhikov, SberTech Ingesting Streaming Data for Analysis in Apache Ignite with Pat Patterson, StreamSets Apache Ignite — Using a Memory Grid for Distributed Computation Frameworks (Spark and Containerized Apps) with Chris Herrera, Hashmap, Inc. Ultimate Guide to Successful Cross-Platform Deployments with Apache Ignite with Pavel Petroshenko, Electric Imp Thanks everyone, and that’s all for this update! Tom
