MapR Offers Free Hadoop Training and Certifications by Thor Olavsrud.
From the post:
In an effort to make Hadoop training for developers, analysts and administrators more accessible, Hadoop distribution specialist MapR Technologies Tuesday unveiled a free on-demand training program. Another track for HBase developers will be added later this quarter.
“This represents a $50 million, in-kind contribution to the Hadoop community,” says Jack Norris, CMO of MapR. “The focus is overcoming what many people consider the major obstacle to the adoption of big data, particularly Hadoop.”
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The developer track is about building big data applications in Hadoop. The topics range from the basics of Hadoop and related technologies to advanced topics like designing and developing MapReduce and HBase applications with hands-on labs. The courses include:
- Hadoop Essentials. This course, which is immediately available, provides an introduction to Hadoop, the ecosystem, common solutions and use cases.
- Developing Hadoop Applications. This course is also immediately available and focuses on designing and writing effective Hadoop applications with MapReduce and YARN.
- HBase Schema Design and Modeling. This course will become available in February and will focus on architecture, schema design and data modeling on HBase.
- Developing HBase Applications. This course will also debut in February and focuses on real-world application design in HBase (Time Series and Social Application examples).
- Hadoop Data Analysis – Drill. Slated for debut in March, this course covers interactive SQL on Hadoop for structured, semi-structured and nested data.
I remember how expensive the Novell training classes were back in the Netware 4.11 days. (Yes, that has been a while.)
I wonder whose software will come to mind after completing the MapR training courses and passing the certification exams?
That’s what I think too. Send kudos to MapR for this effort!
Looking forward to seeing some of you at Hadoop certification exams later this year!
I first saw this in a tweet by Kirk Borne.