Title: Intro to Apache HBase by Chris Shain of Tresata

Location: Bronto Software in Durham, NC

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Abstract: Chris will provide an introduction to Apache HBase, aiming to discuss:

1. What is HBase? (High level overview)
2. Details of the HBase architecture
3. How do clients interact with HBase?
4. Some general HBase patterns and anti-patterns
5. What are the use cases for HBase vs. Relational DB?

Bio: Chris Shain is the software development lead at Tresata, a provider of Big Data solutions for the financial industry in Charlotte NC. His background includes 7+ years of software development experience in the financial services industry, with a focus on customer-facing data management applications and data warehousing. Lately he works with Hadoop and HBase on data volumes in the multi-terabyte range, and tinkers with geographic information systems. He lives in Charlotte NC, and can be reached at chris@tresata.com or twitter @ChrisShain.