MapR Technologies and Cisco to Host Webinar on Productionizing Hadoop Featuring Independent Research Firm

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 17, 2013) - MapR Technologies, Inc., the Hadoop technology leader, and Cisco, are hosting a one-hour webinar titled: "Productionizing Hadoop: Seven Architectural Best Practices," featuring guest speaker Mike Gualtieri, principal analyst, Forrester Research, Inc., on Thursday, June 20, 2013. During the webinar Mr. Gualtieri, along with experts from MapR and Cisco, will present the architectural qualities necessary to successfully productionize Hadoop.

The webinar will feature best practices that illustrate the seven architectural qualities Forrester Research has identified as necessary for evaluating Big Data production platforms.

Who:
Forrester Research, Inc. Principal Analyst, Mike Gualtieri
Cisco Product Marketing Manager, Andrew Blaisdell
Cisco IT Engineer, Sudharshan Seerapu
MapR Chief Marketing Officer, Jack Norris

What:
"Productionizing Hadoop: Seven Architectural Best Practices" webinar
Big Data has changed how organizations take advantage of market opportunities. The ability to quickly monitor real-time data feeds, analyze data and automatically respond is truly powerful. The experts will discuss the following:

• The 7 architectural qualities for productionizing Hadoop successfully
• Architectural best practices for Big Data applications
• The benefits of planning for scale
• How Cisco IT is using best practices for their Big Data applications

When:
Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT

Register here: http://www.mapr.com/company/events/webseminars

About MapR Technologies
MapR delivers on the promise of Hadoop with a proven, enterprise-grade platform that supports a broad set of mission-critical and real-time production uses. MapR brings unprecedented dependability, ease-of-use and world-record speed to Hadoop, NoSQL, database and streaming applications in one unified Big Data platform. MapR is used across financial services, retail, media, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications and government organizations as well as by leading Fortune 100 and Web 2.0 companies. Amazon, Cisco and Google are part of MapR's broad partner ecosystem. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, NEA, and Redpoint Ventures. Connect with MapR on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.