Graph Database Pioneer, Emil Eifrem, to Join Panel on ‘Upcoming Database Technologies That Are Not Hadoop’
Neo Technology, creators of Neo4j, the world’s leading graph database, today announced that CEO and “Graph Databases” book co-author, Emil Eifrem, will present at the GigaOM Structure:Data conference, taking place in New York City from March 20 – 21, 2013. Eifrem will join a panel discussion titled “Four for the Future: Upcoming Database Technologies That Are Not Hadoop,” on Thursday, March 21st at 4:40 p.m. EDT.
Panel Details At-A-Glance
What: “Four for the Future: Upcoming Database Technologies That Are Not Hadoop”
Who:
Moderator: David Linthicum – Research expert at GigaOM Pro
Emil Eifrem – Founder and CEO of Neo Technology and “Graph Databases” book co-author
Damian Black – CEO of SQLstream
Andrew Cronk – CEO of TempoDB
Ryan Garrett – VP of Products at MemSQL
When: Thursday, March 21st at 4:40 p.m. EDT
Where: Pier Sixty, The Chelsea Piers in New York City
Panel Description: Hadoop is not the only option for databases, at least in the future. This session features four contenders that offer the very best database alternatives to Hadoop that we think you should be looking at. The panel will discuss how and why these database technologies came about, what domains they service and why they are a better choice than just plain old Hadoop.
About Emil Eifrem:
Emil Eifrem is the founder of the Neo4j open source graph database project, which is the most widely deployed graph database in the world. As the CEO of Neo4j’s commercial sponsor, Neo Technology, Emil now spreads the word about the powers of graphs everywhere. He is a co-author of the O’Reilly Media book “Graph Databases” and presents regularly at leading conferences around the world, including JAOO, JavaOne, QCon, and OSCON.
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https://event.gigaom.com/structuredata/registration/
