October 22, 2019

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Open by design, open for data

Open by design, open for data

As the volume and variety of data continue to grow, organizations have the opportunity to transform their industries and professions, but companies are grappling with how to deliver innovation. Adam Kocoloski shares his experience around this market shift and challenges attendees to join his mission of contributing to the community and investing in the power of open source and the cloud.
Talk Title Open by design, open for data
Speakers Adam Kocoloski (IBM)
Conference Strata + Hadoop World
Conf Tag Big Data Expo
Location San Jose, California
Date March 29-31, 2016
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As the volume and variety of data continue to grow, organizations have the opportunity to transform their industries and professions, but companies are grappling with how to deliver innovation. Open source software is a key source of innovation for companies, and the cloud is becoming the medium to enhance the benefits of open source. Adam Kocoloski, CTO of cloud data services and cofounder of Cloudant, shares his experience around this market shift and challenges attendees to join his mission of contributing to the community and investing in the power of open source and the cloud.

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