Using R with Hadoop

Presented: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Presenter: Jeffrey Breen, Leader of Think Big Analytics Academy
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R and Hadoop are changing the way organizations manage and utilize big data.  Think Big Analytics and Revolution Analytics are helping clients plan, build, test and implement innovative solutions based on the two technologies that allow clients to analyze data in new ways; exposing new insights for the business.  Join us as Jeffrey Breen explains the core technology concepts and illustrates how to utilize R and Revolution Analytics’ RevoR in Hadoop environments. 

Topics include:

  • How to use R and Hadoop
  • Hadoop streaming
  • Various R packages and RHadoop
  • Hive via JDBC/ODBC
  • Using Revolution’s RHadoop
  • Big data warehousing with R and Hive

About the Speaker: Jeffrey Breen

Jeffrey Breen

Jeffrey is an experienced technology professional focused on delivering business value from big data. He has held leadership positions at Yankee Group, Forrester and Navient Corporation.