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March 2010 Apache Hadoop Get Together Berlin

January 29, 2010
Berlin, Solr, Hadoop, Get Together, Spatial

March 2010 Apache Hadoop Get Together Berlin # This is to announce the next Apache Hadoop Get Together that will take place in newthinking store in Berlin. When: March 10th, 4p.m. Where: Newthinking store Berlin As always there will be slots of 20min each for talks on your Hadoop topic. After each talk there will be a lot time to discuss. You can order drinks directly at the bar in the newthinking store. ...

Third "December Hadoop Get Together" video online

January 5, 2010
Sun, Berlin, Video, Hadoop, Get Together

Third “December Hadoop Get Together” video online # In the following video taken at the last Hadoop Get Together in Berlin Jörg Möllenkamp explains why Hadoop is interesting for Sun - and why Sun Hardware might be a good fit for Hadoop applications: Hadoop Jörg Möllenkamp from Isabel Drost on Vimeo. In a blog post published after the event, Jörg gives more details on his idea of Parasitic Hadoop he introduced at the meetup. ...

Second December Hadoop Get Together video

January 3, 2010
Berlin, Video, Hadoop, Get Together

Second December Hadoop Get Together video # Richard Hutton from nugg.ad explained how they scaled their ad recommendation system to an increasing number of users with the help of Hadoop. To learn more on their use case and details on which problems they solved with Hadoop, watch the video below: Hadoop Richard Hutton from Isabel Drost on Vimeo.

Summary - December Get Together

December 16, 2009
Berlin, Hadoop, Get Together

Summary - December Get Together # Today the seventh Apache Hadoop Get Together took place in Berlin. The room was again packed with more than 40 people from various companies with and without practical experience with Hadoop: There were people from Nokia Gate 5, Sun, nurago, StudiVZ, Dawanda, Last.fm, nugg.ad. There were people from academia, e.g. HPI Potsdam. And a few Freelancers interested in the topic or providing help with Hadoop. ...

On Wednesday: December Apache Hadoop @ Berlin

December 14, 2009
Cookies, Berlin, Hadoop, Get Together

On Wednesday: December Apache Hadoop @ Berlin # This week on Wednesday at 5p.m. the December Hadoop Get Together takes place in newthinking store Berlin. Talks scheduled so far: Richard Hutton (nugg.ad): “Moving from five days to one hour.” Jörg Möllenkamp (Sun): “Hadoop on Sun” Nikolaus Pohle (nurago): “M/R for MR - Online Market Research powered by Apache Hadoop. Enable consultants to analyze online behavior for audience segmentation, advertising effects and usage patterns. ...

Reminder: Apache Hadoop Get Together next week

December 7, 2009
Berlin, Hadoop, Get Together

Reminder: Apache Hadoop Get Together next week # Just a tiny little reminder: The Apache Hadoop Get Together Berlin is scheduled to take place next week on Wednesday. When: 16th of December 8PM Where: newthinking store Tucholskystr. 48, Berlin Mitte Kindly sponsored by: newthinking store (location) and StudiVZ (videos). Please regist er (or use Xing for registration) so planning becomes a bit easier. Talks scheduled: Richard Hutton (nugg.ad): “Moving from five days to one hour. ...

December Apache Hadoop Get Together @ Berlin

November 15, 2009
newthinking, Berlin, Hadoop, Get Together, Software Foundation

December Apache Hadoop Get Together @ Berlin # As announced at ApacheCon US, the next Apache Hadoop Get Together Berlin is scheduled for December 2009. When: Wednesday December 16, 2009 at 5:00pm Where: newthinking store, Tucholskystr. 48, Berlin As always there will be slots of 20min each for talks on your Hadoop topic. After each talk there will be a lot time to discuss. You can order drinks directly at the bar in the newthinking store. ...

Hadoop Get Together Berlin @ Apache Con US Barcamp

November 3, 2009
Berlin, ApacheConUS09, Apache Con, Meetups, Get Together

Hadoop Get Together Berlin @ Apache Con US Barcamp # This is my first real day at ApacheCon US 2009. I arrived yesterday afternoon, was kept awake by three Lucene committers until midnight: “Otherwise you will have a very bad jetlag”… Admittedly it did work out: I slept like a baby until about 08:00a.m. the next morning and am not that tired today. Today Hackthon, Trainings and barcamp Apache happen in parallel. ...

Videos are up

October 22, 2009
JAQL, Hadoop, mapreduce, Lucene, Video, Get Together

Videos are up # As of yesterday the videos of the last Apache Hadoop Get Together Berlin are available online. Th anks to the speakers for providing insight in their projects and thanks to Cloudera for sponsoring the videos. The next meetup will be announced soon - three talks have already been proposed. In addition, StudiVZ offered to sponsor video taping of the next Get Together. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin in December. ...