Hi Folks This note is to let you know that we'll be kicking off the inaugural Austin Hadoop User Group on March the 18th. At present, we have speakers lined up from IBM and Rackspace and will cover quite a wide variety of topics along with a few demos. This event will follow directly on the heels of the SXSW Interactive conference. Pizza, beer and soft drinks will be provided BUT we are still looking for a location to host the meeting somewhere downtown or reasonably close to it. Do you work for a company that would be interesting in sponsoring a location ? I believe we're likely to have within 15 to 30 attendees initially so we'd need a large room with a projector.
The initial sentiment, based on discussions I've had with people interested in attending, is that the group will cover both Hadoop and Big Data concerns in general. If you'd like to attend, present a topic or are interested in sponsorship, please send me a note directly so I can put you on the distribution list (and it will also help me with catering). I'll also be posting the event on the door64.com event calendar. Kind regards Steve Watt [email protected]
