Front Matter
1 How to Use This Book
Section I: Introduction
1. Introduction to Big Data
2. Big Data Use Cases
3. Big Data, Concepts, Insights and Operational information
Section II: Big Data Platform
4. The BigData platform BDA, Exadata, Exalytics, Endeca
5. Why an Appliance
6. Configuration options
Section III: Acquiring and Organizing Data
7. Map Reduce Theory and Programming
8. BDA Connectors
9. Oracle noSQL
Section IV: Analyzing Information and Making
Decisions
10. In-Database Analytics Minig. OLAP
11. Analyzing Data with R
12. Discovery with Endeca
Tom Plunkett is a senior solution consultant with Oracle. Tom is a
published author and has taught graduate-level computer science
courses for Virginia Techs computer science department. Tom
frequently speaks at conferences, including the Air Force
Information Technology Conference, Armed Forces Communications and
Electronics Association conferences, Big Data Camp, Cloud Camp,
Collaborate, EclipseCon, Foresight Vision Weekend, Innovations in
e-Learning Symposium, the International Cloud Symposium, Open Group
Member Conferences, the OSD NDU Social Media Implementation Across
Organizational Boundaries conference, the Red Hat Summit, the
Redstone Arsenal IT Security & Assurance Conference, the SOA
Symposium, SOA World, the Web 2.0 Expo, and other conferences.
Previously, Tom worked for IBM and the United States Government,
taught computer science for Virginia Tech, and practiced patent law
for a law firm. Tom has a B.A. and a J.D. from George Mason
University, and a M.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.
Helen Sun is the co-author of Oracle Big Data Handbook and wrote
two chapters including Chapter 11 on Endeca and Chapter 13 on Big
Data Architecture development. She has written one of the most
downloaded white papers on Big Data (along with numerous other
white papers on Information Architecture and Data Governance).
Helen is the lead author of Oracle Information Architecture and
Framework, and has spoken at various industry events including
being a keynote speaker at Open Groups World Conference on Big Data
and Oracle Open World. Helen is a current Oracle employee working
on Endeca integration and Oracle Big Data. She regularly performs
demos and education sessions with Oracle customers on Endeca and
analytics and real-world expertise on implementing business
analytics using Endeca for a variety of industries including
Financial Services, HealthCare, Research, Manufacturing, Retail,
CGP, and Public Sector
Robert (Bob) Stackowiak, VP, Enterprise Solutions, Oracle, has
worked for over 20 years in the IT industry. His roles that have
included software development, management of software development,
systems engineering, sales and sales consulting, and business
development. Bob has spoken at numerous computer related
conferences and has conducted briefings with companies based around
the world. He has coauthored several book including Oracle
Essentials: Oracle Database 11g (4th Edition) by OReilly and Oracle
Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions by Wiley.
Additionally, his papers regarding data warehousing and computer
and software technology have appeared in publications such as The
Data Warehousing Institute's Journal of Data Warehousing and Data
Warehousing Trends and Applications.
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