MapR Technologies CTO and Co-Founder to Speak About Hadoop and Real-Time Analytics for Cloud Deployments at Upcoming Cloud Expo

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Nov 3, 2011) - MapR Technologies, Inc., the provider of the industry's most advanced distribution for Apache Hadoop, announced today that M.C. Srivas, CTO and co-founder, will be a featured speaker at the 9^th annual Cloud Expo where he will present a session on the impact of providing real-time streaming analytics to cloud deployments through the use of Hadoop to analyze and derive value from big data. The Cloud Expo is being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Nov 7 - 10 in Santa Clara, California.

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Titled: "The Next Generation of Cloud Architectures," the presentation is scheduled for Thursday, November 10 at 5:00 pm. Mr Srivas' session will focus on new capabilities using Hadoop and the resulting infrastructure to provide real-time streaming analytics to cloud deployments. The session will provide technical details about the next generation of cloud architectures for efficient processing, analytics and storage.

"Cloud analytics requires the ability to easily and quickly process Big Data," said Srivas. "Hadoop is increasingly becoming the preferred method to provide massive parallelism on commodity based servers. However, there are many challenges with respect to data access, data protection, and performance. This talk will give attendees the details they need to take advantage of the next generation of cloud architectures, Big Data and their use of Hadoop."

For more information on Sys-Con's Cloud Expo, visit: http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com

About MapR Technologies
MapR delivers on the promise of Hadoop, making managing and analyzing 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, enabling customers to harness the power of Big Data analytics. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA and Redpoint Ventures. To download the latest MapR Distribution for Apache Hadoop, please visit http://www.mapr.com/products/download