Hortonworks Chief Products Officer to Present at Big Data Innovation Summit

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hortonworks, a leading commercial vendor promoting the innovation, development and support of Apache Hadoop, today announced that Chief Products Officer Ari Zilka will be presenting at the Big Data Innovation Summit, being held September 13 through 14 at the Hyatt Regency in Boston, Mass.

“Harnessing the Value of Big Data with Apache Hadoop”

In Zilka’s presentation, “Harnessing the Value of Big Data with Apache Hadoop,” he will explain how the rise of Hadoop has perpetuated the emergence of a next-generation enterprise data architecture that connects business transaction and business intelligence systems. The session will highlight Apache Hadoop’s unique capability to store, aggregate and refine multi-structured data into digestible formats that drive business insights, enhance productivity and uncover new and lucrative opportunities. Zilka’s presentation will also include use-cases and best practices on how to incorporate Hadoop into an organization’s big data strategy.

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What:					“Harnessing the Value of Big Data with Apache Hadoop”

Who:					Ari Zilka, chief products officer at Hortonworks

When:					September 14, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. ET

Where:					Big Data Innovation Summit
					Hyatt Regency Boston
					1 Avenue de Lafayette
					Boston, Mass.

About the Speaker

Ari Zilka has more than 20 years of software development expertise and a deep understanding of open source, enterprise software and the execution required to build successful products. Zilka was previously founder and CTO at Terracotta after serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Accel Partners. Before joining Accel, Zilka was the Chief Architect at Walmart.com, where he led the innovation and development of the company’s new engineering initiatives. Prior to Walmart.com, Zilka worked as a consultant at Sapient and at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Zilka holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Computer Science as well as in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. Follow Zilka on Twitter: @ikarzali.

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, 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, or follow Hortonworks on Twitter: @Hortonworks.