Post on 13-Jul-2015
LexisNexis offers free, online introductory programming classes to learn HPCC Systems, the open source platform for Big Data processing and analytics.
Plug in.Free, online programming classes available 24/7.
Benefits of attending:
• Free: fits all budgets
• Professional development at your own pace: attend class as your schedule allows
• Increase your proficiency of solving Big Data challenges: successive classes gradually build your expertise
• Be a part of a growing community: meet other programmers and share your experience, trade tips and tricks
Benefits of HPCC Systems:
• Proven: Allowed LexisNexis Risk Solutions to scale its $1.4 billion information solutions business and serve enterprise customers for decades
• Cost savings: An open source system that runs on commodity hardware to fit all budgets
• Simplicity: a single architecture designed for small development teams: two data platforms (query and refinery)
• Time savings: A high-level, declarative programming language: program the “what”, not the “how” to free up time for strategic problem-solving
• Productivity: Enables massive joins, merges, sorts, batch jobs, and data transformations to solve tough data challenges
How to Start:
• Click on: http://learn.lexisnexis.com/hpcc
• Register for the first introductory classes called “ECL Programming Introduction 1: Overview, Concepts, and Syntax”
Risk SolutionsHPCC Systems
“ I learned how to clean and transform ‘Big Data’ with ECL. After the training, I got the job offer. Now I use ECL to solve ‘Big Data’ problems every day in my work. The training enriched my ‘Big data’ analysis knowledge.”
— Dora Pan, Florida State University now at Comrise Inc.