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

[arxaaron]

I've updated the posting at <http://ale.org> now as well.
Sorry for the delay.  I thought I'd done that task already
a ways back.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I'll be able to attend.

peace
aaron

On 2012/04/10, at 12:35 , JD wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> =======
>> 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.
>> ======
>> ALE-NW at SPSU meetings are open events and we hope you will join us!  
>> Also remember
>> that topic suggestions and presentation offers the meetings can be  
>> emailed to [
>> jdp (at) algoloma ]
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