[November 17, 2009] The Big Data Revolution: Using Hadoop and Vertica to Tackle Big Data Challenges Tweet BILLERICA, Mass., Nov 17, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- WHO: - Mike Olson, CEO and Co-Founder, Cloudera - Mike Stonebraker, CTO and Co-Founder, Vertica - Christopher Gillett, Chief Architect, Visible Measures WHAT: Hadoop and Vertica are two revolutionary technologies for handling big data challenges. Hadoop's MapReduce framework provides a scalable platform for powerful data processing and data analysis including data mining, ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) and complex processing. Vertica's Analytic DBMS (database management system) provides structured analysis and query of big data. Attendees will learn: -- The power of Hadoop for large scale data processing and data analysis; -- What Cloudera is doing to Hadoop; -- How Vertica delivers fast analysis and query of large volumes of structured data; -- The difference between Vertica's integration with Hadoop versus other vendors; and -- How Visible Measures is building their next generation Internet video metrics platform with Hadoop and Vertica. WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 2009 1:00 p.m. ET WHERE: Via WebEx. Register here. ABOUT CLOUDERA: Cloudera (www.cloudera.com), the commercial Hadoop company, delivers the scalable platform for a new generation of data-intensive applications. Founded by leading experts on big data from Facebook, Google, Oracle and Yahoo, Cloudera helps traditional enterprises tap into the power of Hadoop. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Cloudera has financial backing from Accel Partners, Greylock Partners and angel investors who include Diane Greene (former CEO of VMware), Marten Mickos (former CEO of MySQL), and Jeff Weiner (CEO of LinkedIn). ABOUT VERTICA Vertica Systems is the market innovator for high-performance analytic database management systems that run on industry-standard hardware. Co-founded by database pioneer Dr. Michael Stonebraker, Vertica has developed column-oriented analytic database technology with an MPP architecture that lets companies of any size store and query very large databases orders of magnitude faster and more affordably than other solutions. The Vertica Analytic Database is available as software only, as a hardware based appliance, as a virtual appliance on VMware or online as a cloud computing solution. The technology's unmatched speed, scalability, flexibility and ease of use helps Vertica's 100+ customers including JP Morgan Chase, Verizon, Mozilla, Comcast, Level(3) Communications and Vonage capitalize on business opportunities in real time. Vertica is headquartered in Billerica, Mass. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.vertica.com. ABOUT VISIBLE MEASURES Visible Measures is the independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video publishers, advertisers, and viral marketers. The company's patented approach has been designed from the ground up to meet the unique challenges of measuring Internet video reach and engagement. Visible Measures provides its customers and partners with unprecedented visibility into their online video audiences and how they engage with both content assets and advertising placements. Visible Measures is a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau's (IAB) Digital Video Committee and the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF). To learn more about Visible Measures and explore its industry-wide data for viral video ads, online film trailers, webisodes, the most-watched viral videos of all time, and more, please visit http://www.visiblemeasures.com. SOURCE Vertica Systems http://www.vertica.com [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]