Federal, State and Local governments and the development community surrounding them are busy creating solutions leveraging the Apache Foundation Hadoop capabilities. This session will highlight the top five picked from an all star panel of judges. Who will take home the coveted Government Big Data Solutions Award for 2011? This presentation will also highlight key Big Data mission needs in the federal space and provide other insights which can fuel solutions in the sector.
Bob Gourley
CTO
Crucial Point LLC
Bob Gourley is the editor of CTOvision.com and is the founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Crucial Point LLC, a technology research and advisory firm. Bob’s technology work in the federal world has caused broad adoption of mission solutions in the government IT community. Bob was named one of the top 25 most influential CTOs in the globe by Infoworld in 2007, and selected for AFCEAs award for meritorious service to the intelligence community in 2008. He was named by Washingtonian as one of DC’s “Tech Titans” in 2009. Bob was named one of the “Top 25 Most Fascinating Communicators in Government IT” by the Gov2.0 community GovFresh. His work in the “Big Data” discipline began in the intelligence community.