The Spark Cassandra Connector: Past, Present and Future
It's the year 2015, and while we don't have hoverboards and self drying jackets we do have the next best thing, an Open Source Connector Between Apache Spark and Cassandra. Explore the general architecture of the connector and become an expert on how Spark and Cassandra can work together in harmony. Learn about how the DataStax Enterprise Integration with Spark provides exciting new features like Paxos Enabled High Availability to the Spark Master. Also get a sneak peak at the new and exciting features to come in the Spark Connector and the DSE Integration! If you are writing a Spark application that needs access to Cassandra, this talk is for you.
Russell Spitzer - DataStax
After earning his Ph.D in bioinformatics from UCSF, Russell Spitzer took his love of big data to DataStax. There, he has worked on all aspects of integrating Cassandra with other Apache technologies like Spark, Hadoop and Solr as a test engineer. He currently is working as a developer, helping to build better analytics tools for working with Apache Cassandra.
