Data Grids Explained
10/08/2012
Data Grids Explained - Free Technical Workshop
the date of the next workshop to be announced soon - register your interest below!
- Do you want to learn what data grids are and how they can help you improve reliability, scalability and performance of your platform?
- Do you want to learn about the differences between various current grid products out there and receive an independent expert's view?
- Do you want to play with data grid technology and get some hands-on experience with data grids?
Come to our workshop and learn what data grids are and why they are cool! The workshop will give you a chance to compare and find out more about the three current grid products in the market: GemFire, Infinispan and Coherence.
As the leading and independent experts in data grids for scalability and performance and expert group members of JSR 347: Data Grids for the Java Platform & JSR 107 Java Caching, C2B2 offers a unique independent view of the grid products.
| WHEN | WHERE | HOW TO REGISTER? |
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Tuesday |
Institute of Directors,
Quest Room
116 Pall Mall, London,
SW1Y 5ED
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Fill in the form at the bottom |
Is it the workshop for me?
- Yes, if you are a Lead Developer, Technical Architect, Solution Architect, Technical Lead or other technical team member interested in learning about data grids for scalability and performance
- Yes, if you have a basic knowledge of Linux and Enterprise Java application administration
Why should you attend?
- You will discover the key requirements for compute grids
- You will learn about the differences between three current grid products
- You will receive an independent view of data grids from a leading data grid expert
- You will have a chance to play with data grid technology
What are the key benefits of data grid?
- Data Reliability - ensures no down time or data loss.
- Linear Scalability - ensures you can grow as your customer base grows.
- Extreme Performance - your service is fast and responsive to customers.
- Elastic scale up and scale down - ready for modern cloud architectures so you can save money by flexing your hardware to match customer demand.
Agenda:
The Workshop will be split into two sessions:
Morning: ‘Data Grids Explained' - presentation.
09:30 - 10:00 Arrival, coffee and networking
10:00 - 10:45 Extreme Performance, Scalability and Availability challenges
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee and networking
11:00 - 11:45 Data and Compute Grids what are they good for?
11:45 - 12:30 Comparing GemFire, Infinispan and Coherence
12:30 - 13:30 Break
Afternoon: ‘Hacking Data Grids' - hands-on labs using Oracle Coherence.
13:30 - 14:15 Hands on with Oracle Coherence, part 1
14:15 - 14:30 Coffee and Networking
14:30 - 15:50 Hands on with Oracle Coherence, part 2
15:50 - 16:00 Wrap Up
Speaker
Steve Millidge: Director and Principal Consultant at C2B2, Expert Group member for JSR 347 (Data Grids) and JSR 107 (Caching). Steve has used Java extensively since pre1.0 and has been a field based professional service consultant for over 10 years and has extensive experience of deploying large scale production Java systems. Steve has spoken at a number of events including Java One, JBoss World, UK Oracle User Group Conference, The Server Side Symposium, Community One and regularly presents technical workshops on Coherence.
Notes for the attendees
- You must bring along a laptop with power supply.
- Please remember that IoD guests are expected to dress at least ‘smart casual'.
- Refreshments and coffee will be provided, lunch is not included.
Join us for this unique technical event to learn, network and play with some cool technology!
For more information contact us on 08450 539457 or email marketing@c2b2.co.uk
Please note that the number of registrations for this workshop is limited. Your registration is not confirmed until you receive email confirmation from us. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
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