MEDIA ALERT: Webcast Featuring Ovum's Tony Baer: When Hadoop Grows Up: Key Requirements for the Enterprise

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Apr 15, 2014) –

WHAT:
An exclusive webcast which covers what it will take for Hadoop — the platform gaining traction for its ability to efficiently manage data for longer timeframes at lower cost. Hadoop-based solutions must become enterprise-grade “first class citizens” which means a secure reliable, and performant way to manage and analyze high-value data such as credit cards and personal identifiable information.

Topics covered include:

• Enterprise Adoption of Hadoop
• Analytical Archive & Compliance Archive use-cases
• Optimizing your Hadoop Cluster for greater efficiencies
• Fast Query Access using Hive, MapReduce, Standard SQL and BI Tools
• Enterprise-grade Security featuring Data Encyrption & Masking
• Replication for continuous uptime.

The webcast will feature “how-to” details and real-world customer stories, along with time for Q&A.

WHO:
Tony BAER Ovum, DIERDRE MAHON, RainStor.

• Tony Baer: Principal analyst for software – information management and head of Big Data research at Ovum. He specializes in data integration, software and data architecture, middleware, and application development, and tracked the emergence of BI and data warehousing in the 1990s. Baer sees parallels in the world of Big Data today.

• Deirdre Mahon: Vice president of marketing at RainStor, with 20-plus years of experience in start-up and fast-growth enterprise software companies. Throughout her career, Mahon has focused on shaping new market segments, driving revenue and industry credibility by leveraging joint success with large enterprise customers and industry-leading ISVs.

WHEN:
April 17, 2014 10:00 AM (PDT)

TO JOIN:
Please click here.

About RainStor:
RainStor provides the world’s most efficient database that reduces the cost, complexity and compliance risk of managing enterprise data. RainStor runs anywhere; on-premise or in the cloud and natively on Hadoop. Among RainStor’s customers are 20 of the world’s largest communications providers and 10 of the biggest banks and financial services organizations, which use RainStor to manage historical data, while saving millions. For more info: www.rainstor.com or join the conversation: @rainstor.

About Ovum:
Ovum provides clients with independent and objective analysis that enables them to make better business and technology decisions. Our research draws upon over 400,000 interviews a year with business and technology, telecoms and sourcing decision-makers, giving Ovum and our clients unparalleled insight not only into business requirements but also the technology that organisations must support. Ovum is an Informa business.