Scale Unlimited’s hands-on, online Hadoop, Solr and Cascading training classes teach Java programmers everything they need to know to start solving Big Data problems, using lab exercises and real-world examples to reinforce lecture content.

Companies such as HP, Sun, Apple, eBay, NewEgg, RIM, IBM, Lockheed, Deutsche Telekom and Nokia have benefited from our training – you can too.

Courses

We offer a full range of 1/2 day modules, ranging from introductory Hadoop to advanced Cascading. We also partner with Lucid Imagination to provide in-depth training on using Hadoop with Solr for scalable end-to-end search solutions.

• Introduction to Hadoop: Principles of Hadoop development, operations & eco-system.
• Advanced Hadoop: Extending Hadoop, common data processing patterns, debugging and tuning workflows, best practices for testing.
• Hadoop and Elastic MapReduce: Using Amazon’s Elastic MapReduce service to quickly process big data for less money.
• Hadoop and Solr: Data processing & indexing workflows for creating large-scale, high-performance search services.
• Introduction to Cascading: Defining complex data processing workflows using the Cascading open source workflow API.
• Advanced Cascading: Workflow design, Solr/HBase Taps, optimizing workflows, failure traps, best practices.
• Custom Classes: Tell us what you need and we’ll design a half-day, full-day, or multi-day class specifically for your company.

Format/Pricing

Scale Unlimited teaches online classes in half-day modules for $395 per module. Classes can be combined or customized for full or multi-day training sessions. On-site/in-house training is available for groups of ten or more.

Online classes include virtual lab environments and interactive lectures using Adobe Connect and teleconference/VoIP. All classes include personalized PDFs of lecture materials, and access to post-class support via a moderated mailing list.

Instructors

All of our instructors are active developers with at least three years of deep, hands-on experience solving real-world problems with Hadoop, Solr and Cascading programming.

Lead instructor Ken Krugler has been a software developer, consultant, trainer and entrepreneur for over 20 years. Previously he started Krugle in 2005, as a pioneer in code search and an early adopter/supporter of Nutch, Hadoop, Lucene and Solr. He is a committer for the Apache Tika project, an author of one of the new Lucene In Action use cases, and an expert in web crawling and data mining.

Interested?

Find a class that works for you in our list of courses, fill out our contact form, or e-mail classes@scaleunlimited.com.