[ale] [ANNC] ALE-NW @ SPSU MTG. for Thurs, April 12, 7:30pm

[JD]

I've just confirmed that a Nook will be raffled off at this meeting too.

On 04/10/2012 11:13 AM, JD wrote:
> The next ALE-NW at SPSU meeting is being held Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 7:30pm in
> room J131 of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus.
> 
> The feature presentation will be:
> 
> LexisNexis® :
> Solving Big Data Problems with the Opensource HPCC Systems™ Platform presented
> by Dr. Flavio Villanustre & Arjuna Chala.
> 
> Synopsis:
> – HPCC (High Performance Computing Cluster) is an open source massive
> parallel-processing computing platform that solves Big Data problems. An
> overview of the HPCC Systems architecture and its major components including
> Thor, Roxie and ECL will be presented along with how this platform compares to
> other big data
> technologies like Hadoop. System requirements covering the supported Linux
> distributions will be reviewed. Also included will be a demo of how this
> platform can integrate with PentahoSpoon/Kettle for powerful data ETL capabilities.
> 
> Speaker Bios:
> – Dr Flavio Villanustre –
> - VP Infrastructure & Products, HPCC Systems and LexisNexis - Flavio is the Vice
> President of Infrastructure and Products. In this position, Flavio is
> responsible for Information and Physical Security, overall infrastructure
> strategy and new product development. Previously, Flavio was Director of
> Infrastructure for Seisint. Prior to  2001, Flavio served in a variety of roles
> at different companies including Infrastructure, Information Security and
> Information Technology. In addition to this, Villanustre has been involved with
> the Opensource community for over 15 years through multiple initiatives. Some of
> these include founding the first Linux User Group in Buenos Aires (BALUG) in
> 1994, releasing several pieces of software under different Opensource licenses,
> and evangelizing Opensource to different audiences through conferences, training
> and education.
> – Arjuna Chala —
> - Architect Integrations, HPCC Systems and LexisNexis - Arjuna is responsible
> for providing strategic and technology direction for the analytics and business
> intelligence components of the HPCC platform.
> 
> About HPCC Systems™:
> HPCC Systems™ from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions offers a proven, data-intensive
> supercomputing platform designed for the enterprise to process and solve Big
> Data analytical problems. As a superior alternative to Hadoop and legacy
> technology, HPCC Systems offers a consistent data-centric programming language,
> two processing platforms and a single, complete end-to-end architecture for
> efficient processing. For more information, visit HPCC Systems at
> http://hpccsystems.com.
> 
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> For a campus map and a link to directions please see
> http ://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm
> Parking in non reserved spaces in the P60 deck is best. building J, the Atrium
> building, is a short distance east of the parking deck.
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> that topic suggestions and presentation offers the meetings can be emailed to [
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