This is an IBM sponsored Big Data meetup group.  Geared towards developers, data scientists and all Big Data enthusiasts, our meetups provide an opportunity to work hands on with the solutions and tools in our Big Data platform. Our Meetups typically include a 45-60 min (max) presentation that serves as an introduction and overview for a specific Big Data technology.  It is followed by ~3 hours to collaborate with fellow developers and apply your Big Data skills.  We provide a cloud environment …

This group covers non-relational data storage technologies, which may either be a complement to or used instead of RDBMSs. Topics covered include Document Stores, Key-Value Stores, Graph Databases, Object Databases, and RDF Databases. Products covered include CouchDB, BigTable, memcached, Objectivity/DB, Hbase, Cassandra, redis, and InfiniteGraph. The general approach to our meetings are to go round-robin on the specific products and technologies in a hands-on manner, rather than talk about the …

The Pittsburgh DataWorks is a consortium of Pittsburgh-based organizations coming together to help establish Pittsburgh as a “Big Data Savvy” city ready to participate in the economic opportunities presented by the growth in this space. Visit us at  Pittsburgh DataWorks.