Category: Events

Dan McCreary on Big Data Tech

Big Data Tech is coming up on June 8 and well over 500 of you have already registered. We talked to one of the event chairs, Dan McCreary, about what he hopes our community will learn from this conference. Dan is principle consultant at MarkLogic and author of Making Sense of NoSQL: A guide for managers and the rest of us.

“I hope our attendees will all get exposure to pros and cons of the six major database architecture patterns,” Dan explained. According to Dan, an objective approach to database architecture selection is vital:

“The world is changing quickly. There are many new business opportunities that don’t fit a single mono-architecture solution. Knowing each database architecture pattern and when to use it is critical for the future of Minnesota companies. Trying to solve all problem with one RDBMS architecture will only hurt job growth in the Midwest.”

Dan will be guiding an introduction to NoSQL at Big Data Tech. Find out more and register today!

Upcoming events and conferences

We’ve got some really cool events planned for the coming months, including:

  • April 21, 2015: Data Viz – Dayblock.
  • August 2015: Retail & Financial Services Analytics Conference – TBD.
  • October 2015: Health Care Analytics Conference – Optum
  • TBD 2015: HR Analytics, Executive Forum, and more.
Interested in sponsoring an event? Have a great idea for a speaker? Contact us!

Thanks for making Date Night a success!

Date Night! How Data Science Leads to ‘I do’ was a huge success. We had a sold-out crowd at the Carlson School of Management and a great discussion from the panel. Two of our panel members, Christian Rudder and Chris McKinlay, were featured on MPR’s Daily Circuit on the morning of the event! You can listen to the audio here.

We’d like to thank the attendees, panel members and our event partner, SOBACO, for making Date Night such an excellent event. We have several more events planned for 2015, including healthcare analytics, marketing analytics and financial services conferences. Do you have a great location idea for an event? Interested in sponsoring an event? Get in touch!