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Join us at O'Reilly's Strata Conference in Santa Clara to see the future of big data—as well as the analytics, architectures, techniques, and tools you need to put it to work.
5 Things You'll Do at Strata That Will Change the Way You Look at Data
- Tap into the best minds in data. Strata is where the data community gathers to share hard-won knowledge and spark disruptive new ideas. The inspiration and insights you'll take away will be invaluable.
- See what works (and what doesn't) in the real world. Learn from someone else's real-world experience. You'll get proven best practices and detailed case studies of successful data projects that you can reverse-engineer. You'll save valuable time and dodge the pitfalls.
- Master the data tools, technologies, and techniques that matter. Strata covers every facet of big data: innovative data applications, time-series data, overcoming cultural barriers to data-driven change, the app stack beyond Hadoop, design challenges, how to deal with the flood of information from the Internet of Things, the ethics and rules of a connected world, and much, much more.
- Connect, collaborate, and exchange ideas with your peers. As one 2013 attendee said: “The O'Reilly Strata Conference brings together an incredible community of people working on big data.”You'll build your network, and have industry contacts to reach out to when you have questions.
- Chart your course forward. You'll be among the first to hear about emerging technologies and explore what's on the horizon with the visionaries of big data.
Join us—and thousands of your peers—at the O'Reilly Strata Conference, happening in Santa Clara February 11–13, 2014. Strata sells out every year; reserve your place today.
What You'll Get at StrataStrata is where the leading minds in big data converge to map out the future, share their experiences and expertise, and learn from the people driving the data revolution. If you want to tap into the opportunity that big data presents, be at Strata. Be among the first to understand how you can leverage the promise of this huge change, and survive the resulting disruption Find new ways to leverage your data assets across industries and disciplines Learn how to take big data from science project to real business application Discover training, hiring, and career opportunities for data professionals Meet face-to-face with other innovators and thought leadersThe Strata Experience Dozens of sessions that explore the latest advances, case studies, and best practices Networking opportunities with hundreds of other business leaders, data professionals, designers, and developers A vibrant "hallway track" for attendees, speakers, journalists, and vendors to debate and discuss important issues Fun evening events, receptions, and more, giving you more face time with attendees and speakersWho Attends StrataStrata attendees have job titles including: Analytics Manager, Analytics Director Big Data Lead / Director of Big Data Big Data Architect / Big Data Systems Engineer Bioinformatics Scientist Business Analyst Business Intelligence Analyst / BI Director Business Systems Director CEO / CIO / COO / CTO Chief Architect, Chief Data Architect Chief Data Officer / Chief Data Scientist Cloud Architect / Cloud Engineer Data Analyst / Data Analytics Director Database Administrator / Database Developer Data Center Manager / Data Services Director Data Scientist / Sr. Data Scientist Data Warehouse Manager Designer / Information Designer Economist Hadoop Administrator / Hadoop Architect Hadoop Development Lead / Hadoop Development Manager Information Architect / Infrastructure Architect Journalist Marketing Analytics Director Mining Engineer / Modeling Engineer Predictive Analytics and Optimization Product Development / Product Manager Product Architect Quantitative Analyst / Quantitative UX Analyst Research Analyst / Research Director Research Engineer / Research Systems Analyst Search Quality Analyst Software Engineer / Lead Engineer Software Architect / Sr. Software Architect Solutions Architect Statistician Systems Analyst / Sr. Systems Analyst Systems Engineer / Sr. Systems Engineer Technology Director Venture Capitalist / Investor Visual Designer Web Analyst Web Applications Developer / Web DeveloperStrata attendees are from organizations such as: Accenture Adobe Systems AKQA Allstate Amazon Web Services American Express American Public Media Apple ATT Interactive Bank of America Bed Bath and Beyond Bioanalytical Computing Bloomberg Ventures Boeing CareerBuilder.com Carfax Center for Investigative Reporting Chevron CitiGroup comScore Department of Defense Deutsche Bank Dow Jones DuPont Pioneer eBay Edmunds Etrade Etsy Experian Federal Reserve Board Gartner General Electric Google Lawrence Berkeley Labs LinkedIn LG Lockheed Martin Mastercard McLaren Applied Technologies Merck & Co. Motorola Mobility NBC Universal National Academy of Sciences The Neilsen Company Netflix Northrup Grumman Opera Solutions Orbitz Worldwide Paypal Raytheon / Jet Propulsion Lab Salesforce.com Samsung SEOMoz Shopzilla Smithsonian Institution Skype Stanford University SVB Financial Group Thomson Reuters Twitter USAA US Census Bureau Venrock Verizon Walmart Labs The Walt Disney Co. Weather Trends Zillow and more.Kudos for Strata Conference from Attendees"One of the most valuable events to advance my career.""An excellent event focused on the intersection between distributed computing and data science.""The conference gave me access to leading thinkers in big data and businesses with big data problems. I enjoyed the tutorials and talks, and look forward to experimenting with some of them in the next few months.""The event was invigorating from a community perspective. Big Data gets so much hype that being with real practitioners felt awesome. It was also nice to see the spectrum of professionals in the space--data scientists, software guys, business users, tool developers, etc. all in one location--sharing knowledge was awesome.""The event speakers, content, and organization were exceptional. This is probably the pinnacle of Big Data conferences to attend for networking and getting the latest updates on ground breaking new technologies in the Big Data space. I will definitely attend this event next year."Program ChairsAlistair Croll Alistair Crollis the founder of Bitcurrent, a research firm focused on emerging technologies. He's founded a variety of startups, and technology accelerators, including Year One Labs, CloudOps, Rednod, Coradiant (acquired by BMC in 2011) and Networkshop. He's a frequent speaker and writer on subjects such as entrepreneurship, cloud computing, Big Data, Internet performance and web technology, and has helped launch a number of major conferences on these topics.Alistair has co-authored three books on Internet technology, including Web Operations (2010, O'Reilly), Complete Web Monitoring (2009, O'Reilly), and Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks (1999, Prentice-Hall). A product manager by trade, he's also an advisor to a number of venture firms and the founder of the Bitnorth conference.Most of what he says winds up on his blog, solveforinteresting.com, or on Twitter (@acroll).Roger Magoulasis the director of market research at O'Reilly Media. Magoulas runs a team that is building an open source analysis infrastucture and provides analysis services, including technology trend analysis, to business decision-makers at O'Reilly and beyond. In previous incarnations, Magoulas designed and implemented data warehouse projects for organizations ranging from the San Francisco Opera to the Alberta Motor Club.Program Development DirectorBen Loricais the Chief Data Scientist at O'Reilly Media, Inc. He has applied Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis in a variety of settings including Direct Marketing, Consumer and Market Research, Targeted Advertising, Text Mining, and Financial Engineering. His background includes stints with an investment management company, internet startups, and financial services.
