MapR to Speak on Stream Processing Systems, Apache Spark and Drill at Industry Events in January

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 12, 2016) -  MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the only converged data platform that integrates the power of Hadoop and Spark with global event streaming, real-time database capabilities, and enterprise storage, today announced it will share its expertise on stream processing engines and Apache Spark and Drill this month at leading industry events. Each event includes presentations aimed at helping attendees understand the technical, business and practical aspects of big data technologies.

New York Apache Drill Meetup
The NY Apache Drill Meetup is a group for anyone interested in Apache Drill, an open source project for self-service data exploration.

When: Wednesday, January 13 at 6:00 PM
Where: New York, NY
What: Vince Gonzales, MapR systems engineer, will present on "Querying Network Packet Captures with Spark and Drill." This presentation will explore a use case involving packet capture and near-real-time query and search, focusing on Apache Spark and Apache Drill. There will be a discussion of the use case, solution approach and a live demo.

The Hive Big Data Think Tank, Clash of the Titans
The Hive Big Data Think Tank Meetup Group is a community that brings together experts and visionaries from academia and the industry by hosting periodic talks, panel discussions and hackathons.

When: Wednesday, January 20 at 6:00 PM
Where: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 1140 Enterprise Way, Sunnyvale, CA
What: MapR CTO M.C. Srivas will participate in a panel discussion titled, "Stream Processing Systems," which is part of the The Hive Big Data Think Tank, Clash of the Titans series. The moderator for the event is Ben Lorica, chief data scientist, O'Reilly Media.

About MapR Technologies
MapR provides the industry's only converged data platform that integrates the power of the top-ranked Hadoop and Spark with global event streaming, real-time database capabilities, and enterprise storage, enabling customers to harness the enormous power of their data. Organizations with the most demanding production needs, including sub-second response for fraud prevention, secure and highly available data-driven insights for better healthcare, petabyte analysis for threat detection, and integrated operational and analytic processing for improved customer experiences, run on MapR. A majority of customers achieves payback in fewer than 12 months and realizes greater than 5X ROI. MapR ensures customer success through world-class professional services and with free on-demand training that 45,000 developers, data analysts and administrators have used to close the big data skills gap. Amazon, Cisco, Google, HPE, Microsoft, SAP, and Teradata are part of the worldwide MapR partner ecosystem. Investors include Google Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA, Qualcomm Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. Connect with MapR on
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