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Professional Hadoop Solutions
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To my late parents, who always encouraged me to try
something new and different.
Boris Lublinsky
To Gwen, Isabella, Emma, and Henry.
Kevin T. Smith
To my family, where I always have support and
understanding.
Alexey Yakubovich
CREDITS
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Robert Elliott
PROJECT EDITOR
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TECHNICAL EDITORS
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BORIS LUBLINSKY is a principal architect at Nokia, where he actively participates in all phases of the design of numerous enterprise applications focusing on technical architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and integration initiatives. He is also an active member of the Nokia Architectural council. Boris is the author of more than 80 publications in industry magazines, and has co-authored the book Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2008). Additionally, he is an InfoQ editor on SOA and Big Data, and a frequent speaker at industry conferences. For the past two years, he has participated in the design and implementation of several Hadoop and Amazon Web Services (AWS) based implementations. He is currently an active member, co-organizer, and contributor to the Chicago area Hadoop User Group.
KEVIN T. SMITH is the Director of Technology Solutions and Outreach in the Applied Mission Solutions division of Novetta Solutions, where he provides strategic technology leadership and develops innovative, data-focused, and highly secure solutions for customers. A frequent speaker at technology conferences, he is the author of numerous technology articles related to web services, Cloud computing, Big Data, and cybersecurity. He has written a number of technology books, including Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2008); The Semantic Web: A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge Management (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2003); Professional Portal Development with Open Source Tools (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2004); More Java Pitfalls (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2003); and others.
ALEXEY YAKUBOVICH is a system architect with Hortonworks. He worked in the Hadoop/Big Data environment for five years for different companies and projects: petabyte stores, process automation, natural language processing (NLP), data science with data streams from mobile devices, and social media. Earlier, he worked in technology domains of SOA, Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), distributed applications, and code generation. He earned his Ph.D. in mathematics for solving the final part of the First Hilberts Problem. He worked as a member of the MDA OMG group, and has participated and presented at the Chicago area Hadoop User Group.
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITORS
MICHAEL C. DACONTA is the Vice President of Advanced Technology for InCadence Strategic Solutions ( http://www.incadencecorp.com ), where he currently guides multiple advanced technology projects for government and commercial customers. He is a well-known author, lecturer, and columnist who has authored or co-authored 11 technical books (on such subjects as Semantic Web, XML, XUL, Java, C++, and C), numerous magazine articles, and online columns. He also writes the monthly Reality Check column for Government Computer News . He earned his Masters degree in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern University, and his bachelors degree in Computer Science from New York University.