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]]>17 February 2014 – London, UK – Big Data Partnership, EMEA’s leading Big Data specialists, today announced it will deliver and implement the Intel® Distribution for Apache Hadoop (Intel® Distribution) to European enterprise customers.
Big Data Partnership has industry expertise and a proven track record at deploying and managing big data systems across a wide range of enterprise customers. The company will use its in-depth experience and knowledge of the entire big data ecosystem to support the rollout of the Intel Distribution in next-generation analytics solutions across Intel® Xeon® processors and supporting customer’s big data deployments.
“We are thrilled to be Intel’s integration partner for its Hadoop distribution across EMEA,” said Mike Merritt-Holmes, CEO & co-founder, Big Data Partnership. “Intel Distribution is one of the leading analytics solutions on the market and we look forward to working with Intel to meet industry’s growing big data needs.”
“As we expand the adoption of the Intel Distribution into new global markets, partnerships with knowledgeable and experienced companies will be strategic to our growth,” said Jobi George, Director of Big Data Software Product & Channels for Intel’s Datacenter Software Division. “Companies such as Big Data Partnership are well equipped to deploy the Intel Distribution in Europe and add a new layer of support for Apache software integration.”
Working with blue chip companies across all industries, Big Data Partnership’s team of industry experts offer scalable and reliable solutions to capture, store and analyse big data to solve problems, identify new revenue streams and develop customised solutions that meet specific customer requirements.
Big Data Partnership is vendor agnostic and partners with many of the world’s leading big data technology providers. For a full list of Big Data Partnership’s partners please visit: www.bigdatapartnership.com/partners/
Founded in 2012, Big Data Partnership is EMEA’s leading big data specialist solution provider. Offering Data Science, Big Data Engineering and certified Training, Big Data Partnership helps customers unlock the value in complex data. Big Data Partnership’s team has deep expertise and experience in key big data technologies including the Apache Hadoop ecosystem, Apache Cassandra and other NoSQL databases. For more information, visit www.bigdatapartnership.com.
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LONDON – 1st Oct., 2013—, the company that powers the online applications that transform business, today announced the speaker line-up for this year’s scheduled for 16th-18th October in London. DataStax also announced that it has both released more tickets and added a further day of training workshops due to the level of demand.
The three-day event will bring together hundreds of the best minds in big data. From developers to business users, attendees can learn how the massively scalable, always available open-source Cassandra database can power their online applications. Speakers from Barclays, Orange, Sky, Spotify, the Russian social network Odnoklassniki.ru, SoundCloud, Rackspace and many more will present at the conference. Jonathan Ellis, Chair of the Apache Cassandra Project and Chief Technology Officer at DataStax will present the keynote address.
“The Cassandra community in Europe is growing by leaps and bounds, and now DataStax is hosting its first ever Cassandra Summit in this important region,” said Jonathan Ellis, Apache Cassandra project chair and Chief Technology Officer at DataStax. “The Cassandra database is ideal for online applications that must scale to tremendous levels and never go down. Cassandra is one of the most advanced and disruptive technologies in the database market, and events like Summit will give developers the tools they need to build their next-generation applications.”
The Day One Technical Workshop offers the opportunity to become officially certified as a DataStax Certified Cassandra Developer. Technical Workshop attendees also gain admission to the Conference (Day 2), which is included as part of the Day 1 Workshop + Day 2 Conference combined ticket.
The Day Two Conference showcases innovative use cases across four speaking tracks from prominent Cassandra users including Orange, Spotify, Fusion-io, and SoundCloud. Jonathan Ellis, Apache Chair for Cassandra will present the keynote, outlining the key improvements to Cassandra 2.0.
The Day Three Training Workshop has been added due to the sell-out of the training day scheduled for day one. This additional day is dedicated to technical training sessions, giving attendees the opportunity to become a certified DataStax Cassandra developer. New tickets can include both Day Two and Three as part of an overall package.
The three-day Summit has support from a host of industry sponsors shaping next generation application environments including Fusion-io, Accenture, Acunu, Big Data Partnership, Compuware, Jaspersoft, Pentaho and Servoy.
“As the leading NoSQL database for big data, Cassandra is powering business success for many innovative companies,” said Matt Kennedy, Fusion-io Big Data Solution Architect. “Businesses with millions of active users run their Cassandra clusters on Fusion-io to provide the most responsive user experience possible while driving down data centre costs and improving efficiency. We’re pleased to be sponsoring the Cassandra Summit to help spread the word about the simplicity and performance of Cassandra on Fusion-io.”
The Cassandra Europe Summit will take place at the Barbican Centre, London. To register for the Cassandra Summit Europe or find more information on the event, visit.
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]]>London, UK – 14 February, 2013 – , the Hadoop technology leader, today announced a strategic agreement with Big Data Partnership to allow the specialist consultancy and system integrator to deliver Europe’s first MapR Certified training courses.
The agreement also aligns MapR with Big Data Partnership in the delivery of flagship projects and acknowledges the excellence shown by the UK based company in accelerating the adoption of Hadoop technologies and Big Data projects across Europe.
“The formalisation of this agreement will allow us to work closely to further educate our customers across the region and deliver beneficial joint projects,” said Steve Jenkins, MapR VP for EMEA, “Together we will both support projects and create training material that delivers value to organisations adopting MapR technologies to support big data projects and continue to promote the unique features offered by MapR that address limitations inherent in other distributions of the technology.”
Big Data Partnership has already engaged with many flagship global and FTSE 100 organisations to deliver consultancy, training and system integration skills to assist with major Big Data projects.
“MapR is clearly one of the market leaders in Hadoop technology with the critical data management and integration capabilities that enterprises expect within any Big Data project environment,” said Mike Merritt-Holmes, CEO & Co-founder, Big Data Partnership, “This strategic agreement cements Big Data Partnerships already well respected technical excellence and training capability in this space and will enable us to guide those organisations looking for an enterprise ready Big Data solution across Europe. ”
Big Data Partnership has launched the first certified MapR course aimed at technical architects and system administrators to teach core skills needed to develop, implement and administer MapR Hadoop installations. The wide range of courses cover M3, M5 and M7 versions of MapR as well as best practice management and integration techniques for integrating MapR with critical database and analysis applications.
About Big Data Partnership
Big Data Partnership is the leading UK-based big data specialist solution provider, offering a combination of Professional Services and Training to help enterprise clients unlock the value in complex data. With a team of industry experts and thought leaders in big data technologies including the Apache Hadoop ecosystem and NoSQL databases, Big Data Partnership has the knowledge and experience needed to Discover, Develop & Deliver scalable and reliable big data solutions, driving exciting results for our customers across the EMEA territory. Big Data Partnership is both a Systems Integrator and Training Delivery Partner of MapR (the first in Europe).
For more information, visit www.bigdatapartnership.com.
About MapR Technologies
MapR delivers on the promise of Hadoop, making managing and analysing Big Data a reality for more business users. The award-winning MapR Distribution brings unprecedented dependability, speed and ease-of-use to Hadoop. Combined with data protection and business continuity, MapR enables customers to harness the power of Big Data analytics. Leading companies including Amazon, Cisco, EMC and Google partner with MapR to deliver an enterprise-grade Hadoop solution. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA and Redpoint Ventures. Connect with MapR on Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter.
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]]>London, UK – 27 November, 2012 – Big Data Partnership, a leading ‘Big Data’ specialist service provider, today announced that it has been chosen as one of a few select organizations from around the world to participate in the Microsoft Big Data Partner Incubation Program. Big Data Partnership’s participation in the program followed a rigorous nomination process that was supported by Microsoft SQL Server global marketing managers and industry leads.
Under this agreement, the two companies will work closely together to drive customer engagement and the roll-out of Microsoft HDInsight, which is Microsoft’s distribution of Apache Hadoop for the Windows Azure and Windows Server platforms. Microsoft’s HDInsight is an Enterprise-ready Hadoop service based on the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), enabling customers to seamlessly store and process data of all types, including structured, unstructured, and real-time data in order to achieve rich insights and drive operational efficiencies and increased revenue opportunities.
Big Data Partnership’s inclusion on the Microsoft Big Data Partner Program will deliver many benefits to its clients; enabling them not only to understand the growing variety of the data but also to achieve simplified deployment of solutions via HDInsight.
“Big Data Partnership is excited to work with Microsoft to help accelerate the adoption of its big data solution in Enterprise,” said Mike Merritt-Holmes, CEO at Big Data Partnership. “By combining the simplicity of Windows Server with the power and reliability of the Hortonworks Data Platform, we will be able to deliver compelling advanced analytics and ensure that a wider audience reap the benefits big data promises using the familiar tools of Excel, including PowerPivot and Power View. We commend Microsoft for their commitment and contribution to the open source Apache Hadoop community and for helping to democratize big data.”
Big Data Partnership is a partner of both Microsoft and Hortonworks, the market-leading pioneer of Apache Hadoop. As a Hortonworks’ Certified Training Partner, Big Data Partnership will also be delivering the ‘Hortonworks Hadoop on Windows for Developers’ training course for customers across Europe in early 2013.
“Microsoft HDInsight will allow customers to run Hadoop on Windows Server and on Windows Azure,” said Bob Baker, Director, Microsoft Server and Tools Marketing. “Combined with the business intelligence capabilities of SQL Server 2012, HDInsight enables customers to obtain great insight from structured and unstructured data. We see the services market around these capabilities as growing rapidly, and Big Data Partnership is well positioned to execute. We are pleased that Big Data Partnership is supporting Microsoft HDInsight, and we are excited about the value this relationship will bring to our joint customers.”
About Big Data Partnership
Big Data Partnership is the leading UK-based big data specialist solution provider, offering a combination of Professional Services and Training to help enterprise clients unlock the value in complex data. With a team of industry experts and thought leaders in big data technologies including the Apache Hadoop ecosystem and NoSQL databases, Big Data Partnership has the knowledge and experience needed to Discover, Develop & Deliver scalable and reliable big data solutions, driving exciting results for our customers.
For more information, visit www.bigdatapartnership.com.
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]]>London, UK and Sunnyvale, CA – 13 June, 2012 – Big Data Partnership, a leading ‘Big Data’ specialist solution provider based in the UK, today publicly announced a strategic partnership with Hortonworks, joining their System Integrator (SI) and certified Training Delivery Partner programmes. Hortonworks is a leading commercial vendor promoting the innovation, development and support of Apache Hadoop, based in Sunnyvale, CA.
As the first Hortonworks certified training partner in the UK and Europe, Big Data Partnership is uniquely placed to deliver the Hortonworks Certified Apache Hadoop Developer and Administrator courses through private on-site training for enterprise customers.
“We are extremely excited to add Hortonworks to our partnership ecosystem and, in doing so, become their first authorised Training and SI partner in Europe. We have seen an upsurge in awareness and interest in Big Data leading to a rapid increase in the adoption of Hadoop platforms in the UK and Europe,” said Mike Merritt-Holmes, CEO & Co-founder, Big Data Partnership. “The Hortonworks Certified Apache Hadoop Developer and Administrator courses stand out as unique through their development by the industry’s foremost Hadoop experts including the original creators of Hadoop at Yahoo! and committee members. Big Data Partnership is delighted to be the first company to bring these outstanding courses to the European market, empowering customers with real-life actionable skills to develop, implement and administer cutting-edge Hadoop solutions.”
The partnership will enable customers to build and implement sophisticated enterprise-class ‘Big Data’ applications with the support of some of the best minds in the industry. The blend of Hortonworks’ proven experience in deploying and supporting Hadoop in large-scale production environments and Big Data Partnership’s extensive industry and local market expertise, fully backed by the core team of Apache Hadoop creators & committee members, brings a new standard of training, certification and SI expertise to the European market.
“We are very pleased to add Big Data Partnership, who are committed to open source and Apache Hadoop, to our partner programme. With a vital perspective on the challenges and opportunities in Europe, we believe this strategic relationship will enable both companies to more effectively serve our enterprise customers in meeting their Big Data needs,” said Renee Beckloff, senior director, global delivery services, Hortonworks. “By partnering with Big Data Partnership we are also able to take the first step in globalising our training offering.
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About Big Data Partnership
Big Data Partnership is the leading UK-based big data specialist solution provider, offering a combination of Professional Services and Training to help enterprise clients unlock the value in complex data. With a team of industry experts and thought leaders in big data technologies including the Apache Hadoop ecosystem and NoSQL databases, Big Data Partnership has the knowledge and experience needed to Discover, Develop & Deliver scalable and reliable big data solutions, driving exciting results for our customers. Big Data Partnership is both a Systems Integrator and Training Delivery Partner of Hortonworks (the first in Europe). For more information, visit www.bigdatapartnership.com.
About Hortonworks
Hortonworks is a leading commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop, the preeminent open source platform for storing, managing, and analyzing big data. Our distribution, powered by Apache Hadoop, provides an open and stable foundation for enterprises and a growing ecosystem to build and deploy big data solutions. Hortonworks is the trusted source for information on Hadoop and together with the Apache community, Hortonworks is making Hadoop more robust and easier to install, manage, and use. Hortonworks provides unmatched for enterprises, systems integrators, and technology vendors. For more information, visit .
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