MapR to Present on Apache Spark, Network Security and Enterprise Data Architectures at December Industry Events

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 2, 2015) - MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop® that integrates web-scale enterprise storage and real-time database capabilities, today announced it will share its expertise on Apache Spark, big data security, and next-generation enterprise data architectures this month at leading industry events. Each event includes presentations aimed at helping attendees understand the technical, business and practical aspects of Hadoop and related technologies.

Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Summit
The Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) Summit will focus on how SDI is transforming enterprise data centers and cloud data centers -- and making IT infrastructure (servers, storage and software) more responsive to business change.

When: Wednesday, December 2 at 3:25 PM
Where: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
What: Dale Kim, director of industry solutions at MapR, will present "Tearing Down the Unnecessary Walls in Your Enterprise Data Architecture," discussing how organizations can tune the performance of the entire software stack by shifting resources among applications via software without re-engineering your system. Dale will discuss Zeta Architecture and how the open source projects Apache Hadoop, Apache Mesos, and Apache Myriad can work together to boost efficiency in your data center.

Tech-Security Conference San Francisco
The Data Connectors Tech-Security Conference features discussions around current tech-security issues such as cloud, email, social media, VoIP, LAN, wireless, and USB drives.

When: Thursday, December 3 at 1:45 PM
Where: Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA
What: Nitin Bandugula, senior product manager, worldwide services at MapR, will present "The Big Data Approach to Network Security," discussing the use of big data technologies for predictive analytics and network data analysis with Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. He will share insights into using Hadoop/Spark as a high performance and scalable platform to more accurately alert organizations to take action against network intrusions.

Global Big Data Conference - Big Data Bootcamp
Global Big Data Conference's Big Data Bootcamp is a 3-day bootcamp that includes a technical overview of the Big Data landscape including Hadoop, NoSQL and Machine Learning.

When: Wednesday, December 9 at 8:00 AM
Where: Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
What: Carol McDonald, instructor and curriculum developer at MapR, will lead "Introduction to Spark," a workshop with a focus on building a simple Apache Spark application, monitoring a Spark application and using Spark Streaming.

Tech-Security Conference Seattle
The Data Connectors Tech-Security Conference features discussions around current tech-security issues such as cloud, email, social media, VoIP, LAN, wireless, and USB drives.

When: Thursday, December 10 at 2:00 PM
Where: Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA
What: Vinay Bhat, solutions engineer at MapR, will present "The Big Data Approach to Network Security," discussing the use of big data technologies for predictive analytics and how to analyze network data with Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark.

Data Driven NYC
Data Driven NYC (organized by FirstMark) is a community of tech enthusiasts who are passionate about Big Data, data technologies and data-driven products and businesses, in New York and beyond.

When: Monday, December 14 at 5:45 PM
Where: Bloomberg LP, New York City, NY
What: M.C. Srivas, MapR CTO and co-founder, will participate in a fireside chat with Matt Turck, managing director at FirstMark.

About MapR Technologies
MapR provides the industry's only big data platform that combines the processing power of the top-ranked Hadoop with web-scale enterprise storage and real-time database capabilities, 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 achieve payback in fewer than 12 months and realize 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, HP, 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 Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.