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Slalom and AWS Present: Big Data & Analytics Workshop

Thursday, August 24th

9:00am - 5:00pm

One Logan Square
130 N. 18th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103


Join Slalom and AWS data experts in this exclusive hands-on workshop. The course is designed to help you architect scalable big data applications including data warehousing, streaming, Hadoop/spark applications, and NoSQL data stores. Breakfast and lunch will be served.

Who should attend?

  • Individuals responsible for architecting data solutions or processing data to gain insights
  • Database architects, data engineers, analytics professionals, and data scientists

What will I learn?

  • Gain insight into the tools available within AWS to tackle big data problems
  • Understand when each tool is appropriate and its corresponding technical strengths
  • Apply best practices for deploying and architecting big data solutions in AWS
  • Learn how to incorporate real-time analytics with your existing batch processes

What do I need to know before attending?

  • Working knowledge of data manipulation languages like SQL
  • Familiarity with general data storage concepts like RDMS, key-value stores and Hadoop
  • Knowledge of data architecture, storage and processing
   

Agenda

9:00am: Welcome - Coffee/Breakfast

9:30am: Trends in Modern Data Architecture - Overview of industry trends around data and analytics in the cloud including business and technical benefits

11:30am: Migrating Data Workloads to AWS - Strategies for migrating data and analytics to the cloud

12:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm: AWS Services Overview - Abbreviated overview of AWS services

1:45pm: Storage - S3, EBS, EFS - Big data solutions require a foundational knowledge of storage solutions

2:30pm: EMR / Amazon Athena - Overview of AWS's solutions around Hadoop, Spark, and Presto

3:30pm: Break

3:45pm: Redshift - Deep dive in Redshift, including demo and Q&A


*Due to event space capacity, enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. We may need to limit attendees at 2 per organization. Please RSVP today!


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