Hortonworks Unveils Latest Installments in the Popular “The Future of Apache Hadoop” Webinar Series

Company Founders and Core Committers to Discuss the Future of Core Apache Projects Including Apache Pig, Apache Ambari, Apache Zookeeper and Apache Hadoop YARN

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hortonworks, a leading contributor to Apache Hadoop projects, today announced four new installments in its live webinar series: “The Future of Apache Hadoop.”

Apache Hadoop has rapidly evolved to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Consequently there is a thirst for knowledge on the future direction for Hadoop related projects. The Hortonworks webinar series will feature core committers of the Apache projects discussing the essential components required in a Hadoop Platform, current advances in Apache Hadoop, relevant use-cases and best practices on how to get started with the open source platform. Each webinar will include a live Q&A with the individuals at the center of the Apache Hadoop movement.

This four-part webinar series is now open for registration, and the schedule will include:

• Wednesday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET
  Pig Out to Hadoop
  With: Alan Gates, Hortonworks founder and contributor to the Apache Pig and HCatalog projects
  Register here: http://info.hortonworks.com/FutureofHadoopSeries.html?utm_source=pr&utm_campaign=series_promo&utm_medium=website

• Wednesday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET
  Deployment and Management of Hadoop Clusters with Ambari
  With: Matt Foley, committer and PMC member of the Apache Hadoop Project and member of the Technical Staff at Hortonworks
  Register here: http://info.hortonworks.com/FutureofHadoopSeries.html?utm_source=pr&utm_campaign=series_promo&utm_medium=website

• Wednesday, October 17 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET
  Scaling Apache Zookeeper for the Next Generation of Hadoop Applications
  With: Mahadev Konar, Hortonworks co-founder and core contributor and PMC member of Apache Hadoop and ZooKeeper
  Register here: http://info.hortonworks.com/FutureofHadoopSeries.html?utm_source=pr&utm_campaign=series_promo&utm_medium=website

• Wednesday, October 31 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET
  YARN: The Future of Data Processing with Apache Hadoop
  With: Arun C. Murthy, Hortonworks founder and VP of Apache Hadoop at Apache Software Foundation, the lead of the MapReduce project and YARN
  Register here: http://info.hortonworks.com/FutureofHadoopSeries.html?utm_source=pr&utm_campaign=series_promo&utm_medium=website

To register and for more information, please visit http://info.hortonworks.com/FutureofHadoopSeries.html?utm_source=pr&utm_campaign=series_promo&utm_medium=website.

To listen to previous webinars on “The Future of Apache Hadoop,” please visit http://staging.hortonworks.com/webinars/.

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Hortonworks is a leading commercial vendor of Apache Hadoop, the preeminent open source platform for storing, managing and analyzing big data. Our distribution, Hortonworks Data Platform 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 technical support, training and certification programs for enterprises, systems integrators, and technology vendors. For more information, visit www.hortonworks.com.