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http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/steve_francia.jpgSteve Francia

MongoDB and PHP

By Steve Francia | May 18, 2012
In this webcast presentation by Steve Francia, author of MongoDB and PHP, you will learn how to build elegant database applications with MongoDB and PHP.

Webcast: O'Reilly Strata Online Conference

O'Reilly Strata Online Conference

By Alistair Croll | May 16, 2012
Join us for our seventh Strata online conference, as we look at Data That Matters.

Webcast: Tim O'Reilly and Dave Campbell Explore How to Accelerate Insights from Data

Tim O'Reilly and Dave Campbell Explore How to Accelerate Insights from Data

By Tim O'Reilly, David Campbell | May 14, 2012
Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, talks with Microsoft Technical Fellow Dave Campbell about new tools for data.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/alan_gates.jpgAlan Gates

Current and Upcoming Work in Pig

By Alan Gates | May 10, 2012
In this webcast, we will cover how Pig can take advantage of changes in Hadoop 0.23.

Under the iceberg: Using APIs to transform your business

By Gregory Brail, Daniel Jacobson, Dan Woods | March 22, 2012
In this webcast presentation join Dan Jacobson , Greg Brail, and Dan Woods as they discuss how business leaders can use APIs to transform as a strategy to transform business through private and public APIs.

Webcast: Using Social Network Analysis to Understand Campaign Finance

Using Social Network Analysis to Understand Campaign Finance

By Maksim Tsvetovat | March 21, 2012
You will learn techniques of Social Network Analysis (SNA).

Webcast: Analyzing Social Media Response to Elections

Analyzing Social Media Response to Elections

By Maksim Tsvetovat | February 21, 2012
In this webcast, I will present a simplified methodology that one could use as a jumping-off point to automated discourse analysis at scale -- and apply to real-time data streams coming from electoral politics of the 2012 Republican primary.

Webcast: MongoDB Schema Design: How to Think Non-Relational

MongoDB Schema Design: How to Think Non-Relational

By Jared Rosoff | February 17, 2012
In this webcast we'll provide a number of data modeling rules of thumb, and discuss the tradeoffs of various data modeling strategies.

Webcast: An Introduction to Ethics of Big Data

An Introduction to Ethics of Big Data

By Kord Davis | February 16, 2012
The material will address the intersection of ethics and Big Data; what it is and what it isn't. Specifically, how to approach and generate dialog about an abstract subject with direct, real-world implications.

Webcast: Take Control of iCloud

Take Control of iCloud

By Joe Kissell | February 03, 2012
In this webcast, veteran Mac author Joe Kissell explains what iCloud can do for you, how to deal with configuration puzzles and compatibility issues, and how best to manage the transition from MobileMe.

Webcast: Developing with .NET and Couchbase Server

Developing with .NET and Couchbase Server

By John Zablocki | January 27, 2012
In this webcast John Zablocki, Developer Advocate at Couchbase, will introduce the .NET client library for Couchbase Server.

Webcast: O'Reilly Strata Online Conference

O'Reilly Strata Online Conference

By Alistair Croll | December 07, 2011
In this online event, we'll look at how Big Data stacks and analytical approaches are gradually finding their way into organizations, as well as the roadblocks that can thwart efforts to become more data-driven.

Webcast: Social Network Analysis -- Finding communities and influencers

Social Network Analysis -- Finding communities and influencers

By Maksim Tsvetovat | December 06, 2011
A follow-on to Analyzing Social Networks on Twitter, this webcast will concentrate on the social component of Twitter data rather then the questions of data gathering and decomposition.

Webcast: HBase Coprocessors - Deploy shared functionality directly on the cluster

HBase Coprocessors - Deploy shared functionality directly on the cluster

By Lars George | November 04, 2011
This session explains the concepts behind coprocessors and uses examples to show how they can be used to implement data side extensions to the application code.

The Evolution from Private to Public: Is There Privacy in the Digital Age?

By Jim Adler, danah boyd, Terence Craig, Natalie Fonseca, Heather West | October 28, 2011
Join the panelists as they consider the evolution from private to public: how are our worlds colliding in the digital age?

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/lars_george.jpgLars George

HBase Schema Design - Things you need to know

By Lars George | October 14, 2011
This session discusses the basic underlying concepts of the storage layer in HBase and how an application should be combined with the appropriate schema to achieve the best possible performance.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/allen_downey.jpgAllen B. Downey

There's Only One Test

By Allen B. Downey | October 04, 2011
People working with real data are often confused about hypothesis testing and paralyzed by the number of tests and their requirements. In this webcast, Allen B. Downey, author of Think Stats, presents a framework for using simple simulations to estimate...

Webcast: Privacy and Big Data: Is there room for privacy in the age of big data?

Privacy and Big Data: Is there room for privacy in the age of big data?

By Terence Craig, Mary Ludloff | September 14, 2011
In this webcast, Terence Craig and Mary Ludloff, authors of Privacy and Big Data, ask and answer this question: What level of privacy do you really have in the age of big data?

Webcast: Designing Data Visualizations

Designing Data Visualizations

By Julie Steele, Noah Iliinsky | September 06, 2011
This webcast will discuss data visualization. Learn linear processes and best practices so that your message may be transmitted without interference.

People, Data and Dollars — A Preview of Strata NYC

By Edd Dumbill, Kathryn Dekas, Michael Hugos, Michael Nelson, Hjalmar Gislason, Bill Schmarzo | August 31, 2011
In this special online event, you'll get an inside look at some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the fields of business, data, and disruption.

Building Access Applications with SQL Server Databases

| August 09, 2011
In this session we will be demonstrating the construction of DSN's, linking tables, views, and using stored procedures and views in pass-through queries. This will include a discussion of the benefits in using SQL Server Schemas and Synonyms.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey2.jpgMike Halsey

Securing Your Files and Data in Windows

By Mike Halsey | August 04, 2011
In this webcast, Mike Halsey MVP, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out will talk you though how to keep your files and data safe from even the worst disaster.

Couchbase: Find Out What the Merger of CouchOne and Membase Means for Users

By J. Chris Anderson, Dustin Sallings | April 19, 2011
In this webinar we'll introduce you to the Membase caching and clustering architecture, and show how CouchDB is a drop-in fit as the storage and query engine.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/kristina_chodorow.jpgKristina Chodorow

How Sharding Works

By Kristina Chodorow | February 04, 2011
This talk is a combination of whitepaper and Magic School Bus tour of how MongoDB scales across multiple machines. For applications that outgrow the resources of a single database server, MongoDB can convert to a sharded cluster, automatically managing...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/bradford_stephens-50.jpgBradford Stephens

How to Decrease the Pain in Building Distributed Systems

By Bradford Stephens | January 12, 2011
Building distributed systems is painful. Many organizations are approaching the point where their data and application infrastructures are being run on many servers (in the cloud or datacenter). Our software practices don't reflect that, often with disastrous...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/hadi_hariri-50.jpgHadi Hariri

CouchDB for .NET Developers

By Hadi Hariri | December 21, 2010
What does that mean to a .NET Developer? How do we store and retrieve data? How do we query it? If you've been interested in document databases but do not know where to start, then this is definitely the webcast for you. We'll see what CouchDB is about...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/ken_goodhope-50.jpgKen Goodhope

Hadoop - Tips, Tricks, Optimizations, and Pitfalls

By Ken Goodhope | November 23, 2010
We'll use real world examples in this webcast that demonstrate how to best utilize MapReduce with Hadoop. We'll also examine the appropriate uses of special partitioners, combiners, and configuration optimizations. We'll expose some common mistakes and...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/benjamin_young-50.jpgBenjamin Young

PHP and CouchDB

By Benjamin Young | November 17, 2010
This talk will cover the basics of the CouchDB HTTP API and how to use it from PHP with and without helper libraries. We'll discuss some architecture approaches and briefly look at things to avoid when moving from an RDBMS to a Document Database such...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/c_brown-50.jpgC. Titus Brown

Probabilistic Data Structures and Breaking Down Big Sequence Data

By C. Titus Brown | November 10, 2010
Many data analysis problems are not easily parallelizable, often because the relevant analyses require an all-by-all analysis step. Applying heuristics often requires approximation, which introduces errors, noise, and bias. Recently, in confronting the...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/kyle_banker-50.jpgKyle Banker

Indexing Matters: A MongoDB Optimization Primer

By Kyle Banker | October 29, 2010
We all know that MongoDB is one of the most flexible and feature-rich databases available. In this session we'll discuss how you can leverage this feature set and maintain high performance with your project's massive data sets and high loads. We'll cover...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/kocoloski_adam-50.jpgAdam Kocoloski

Scaling Out CouchDB with BigCouch

By Adam Kocoloski | October 22, 2010
This talk will cover the basics of BigCouch, including deploying and managing your first CouchDB cluster, as well as some advanced features like quorum reads/writes and design patterns for distributed couchdb. Finally, for the erlang hackers out there...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/aaron_miller-50.jpgAaron Miller

Using CouchDB on Android

By Aaron Miller | September 22, 2010
Why CouchDB on a phone is awesome, and what you can do with it Deploying existing CouchApps to Android CouchDB Using CouchDB in native Android apps

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/kristina_chodorow.jpgKristina Chodorow

Scaling with MongoDB

By Kristina Chodorow | September 17, 2010
MongoDB's architecture features built-in support for horizontal scalability, and high availability through replica sets. Auto-sharding allows users to easily distribute data across many nodes. Replica sets enable automatic failover and recovery of database...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/tom_white.jpgTom White

The State of Hadoop

By Tom White | September 15, 2010
Apache Hadoop is a part of a growing ecosystem of projects for large-scale data analysis which is being used to solve problems for organizations in a wide range of disciplines. This talk will touch on what's new in the second edition of Hadoop: The Definitive...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jan_jehnardt.jpgJan Lehnardt

Asynchronous architectures with the CouchDB _changes feed

By Jan Lehnardt | August 25, 2010
Learn how to build robust web services using CouchDB's built-in facility for near-realtime updates. We'll explore a few patterns _changes can be used for: Building custom external indexers like CouchDB-Lucene, Powering CouchDB's replication, Real-time...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

MySQL Upgrades With No Downtime

By Sean Hull | July 27, 2010
In this webcast we'll discuss a two-node MySQL multi-master replication setup. We'll take the audience step-by-step through the process, and then uses MMM (MySQL Multi-master Manager) to manage & automate the process exposing a virtual IP address...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_anderson_2.jpgJ. Chris Anderson

Flexible Scaling with CouchDB Replication / Or how I learned to stop worrying and love Eventual Consistency

By J. Chris Anderson | July 14, 2010
CouchDB is known for having a flexible schemaless JSON storage API. But that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to flexibility. In this webcast we'll learn how replication can be used to share data securely, build offline-capable applications...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jan_jehnardt.jpgJan Lehnardt

What's new in CouchDB 0.11 & 1.0

By Jan Lehnardt | June 22, 2010
This webcasts highlights new features and refines in the latest and upcoming release of CouchDB. It rehashes old solutions to problems that are now way easier to solve. We look at how the new features help you make your life and development work easier...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_anderson_2.jpgJ. Chris Anderson

CouchApp Evently Guided Hack w/ CouchDB

By J. Chris Anderson | May 20, 2010
Learn to hack jQuery CouchApps -- p2p web applications that can be deployed anywhere there's a CouchDB. Apache CouchDB can host HTML5 apps natively, serving them over HTTP. Learn how to write JavaScript CouchApps which run on both the client and the...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_anderson_2.jpgJ. Chris Anderson

Introduction to Apache CouchDB

By J. Chris Anderson | April 21, 2010
CouchDB is a distributed document database accessed via HTTP and JSON and queried using JavaScript Map Reduce. CouchDB focuses on simplicity and reliability, with a data replication model that makes it well suited for mobile and offline applications...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

DRBD and MySQL - An HA Match Made In Heaven

By Sean Hull | January 19, 2010
DRBD has grown in popularity as an excellent low-cost high availability solution for MySQL. It provides synchronous replication of your data without MySQL having to worry too much about the details. Combined with Linux Heartbeat, and you have automatic...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/michael_milton.gifMichael Milton

Two Big Data Analysis Tricks for Everyone

By Michael Milton | October 28, 2009
Data analysis skills are critical to staying competitive in the 21st century economy. In this webcast the author of Head First Data Analysis, Michael Milton, provides some useful tips for common data problems that everyone faces.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

Hands-on: Step-by-step MySQL Clustering Setup

By Sean Hull | August 04, 2009
MySQL's Clustering solution provides some pretty sophisticated functionality. In this webcast we'll take you through getting it up and running on your laptop or single node server, building a sandbox where you can play with the dials and levers and get...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

MySQL Replication: Audit, Test, & Verify

By Sean Hull | January 22, 2009
In this live online event, Sean Hull (Oracle and Open Source) will talk about why MySQL slaves get out of sync with the master, both in terms of things that happen in the application and in MySQL's implementation of statement-based replication. He'll...