Events

WEBINAR: Spark and Cassandra for Machine Learning: Testing/Validation

WEBINAR: Spark and Cassandra for Machine Learning: Testing/Validation | Thursday July 30 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

Testing and validation are important parts of any machine learning process. The basics may seem obvious, but specific testing schemes and validation strategies can help ensure that you are getting the most out of your data while preventing you from creating models that are useless on your real data. The previous installments in this webinar (found at blog.anant.us) discussed data pre-processing methods. This installment focuses on how we test the efficacy of our machine learning models and tells us how well they might generalize to real data.

WEBINAR: Presto and Cassandra

WEBINAR: Presto and Cassandra | Wednesday July 29 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

In this webinar, we will introduce Presto and give some background information about what it is and what it can do. We will also discuss how to connect Presto to Cassandra for users who want to use Presto to do SQL queries on a NoSQL database like Cassandra.

WEBINAR: Getting Started with Terraform & Cassandra on AWS

WEBINAR: Getting Started with Terraform & Cassandra on AWS | Tuesday July 28 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

This is going to be a webinar introducing you to Terraform and how you can use it to spin up an Apache Cassandra instance on AWS. We'll going over the basics of this this infrastructure software to show you the potential it has when it comes to maintaining and deploying your environments.

WEBINAR: Netlify Serverless Lambda Functions Vs. Cloud Functions for Firebase

WEBINAR: Netlify Serverless Lambda Functions Vs. Cloud Functions for Firebase| Friday June 26 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

During this webinar, we will overview and compare Netlify Serverless Lambda functions with Firebase cloud functions. We hope to see you there!

WORKSHOP: Building a REST API with Cassandra using Python and Node

WORKSHOP: Building a REST API with Cassandra using Python and Node| Wednesday June 24 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM| Online Event

REST API’s have been used for years to create easy to use and flexible application interfaces that don’t require verbose language or heavy objects to operate. In this 2 hour workshop we’ll combine the ease of REST with the power of Apache Cassandra and bring you through the process of creating a REST API for Cassandra using Python and NodeJS languages. Packed with fully online hands-on exercises you’ll be able to jump right in to level-up your game.

WEBINAR: Generating CRUD Swagger API Docs on Gitpod with Node.js, and Express

WEBINAR: Generating CRUD Swagger API Docs on Gitpod with Node.js, and Express| Tuesday June 23 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

In this webinar, we will discuss how to generate Swagger API docs for CRUD operations using basic endpoints written in Node.js with the Express.js framework. We will demo this on Gitpod, which is an online open-source IDE based on Eclipse Theia.

WEBINAR: Spark and Cassandra for Machine Learning: Data Preprocessing

WEBINAR: Spark and Cassandra for Machine Learning: Data Preprocessing| Monday June 22 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

Join us as we walk through the first actual step on the road to a complete machine learning model, dealing with our data. We will learn about how to load data into our training environment as well as some of the different ways that data may have to be manipulated before we can use it to train our models.

WEBINAR: Building a Marketing Site Using ButterCMS Pt. 1

WEBINAR: Building a Marketing Site Using ButterCMS Pt. 1| Thursday Jun 18 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

In this webinar, we’ll cover what a headless CMS is, and why it’s increasingly popular. We’ll take a look at how it stacks up against a traditional CMS, so you can weigh which kind of CMS is right for your business needs.

WEBINAR: Become a Sitecore Entrepreneur by Partnering with Studios

WEBINAR: Become a Sitecore Entrepreneur by Partnering with Studios| Thursday May 21 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

Join Sitecore MVP, Eric Ramseur, in a discussion on becoming a Sitecore Entrepreneur. Learn from past and current engagement experiences to discover new methods to elevate your career. Ask questions to plan for the future of working in Sitecore.

WEBINAR: Building Node & Python REST APIs w/ Cassandra on Gitpod and Datastax Astra

WEBINAR: Building Node & Python REST APIs w/ Cassandra on Gitpod and Datastax Astra| Thursday May 07 at 6:30 PM | Online Event

DataStax Astra provides the ability to develop and deploy data-driven applications with a cloud-native service, without the hassles of database and infrastructure administration. In this webinar, we are going to walk you through creating a REST API and exposing that to your Cassandra database. We hope to see you there!

WEBINAR: Creating a REST API with Datastax Astra Cassandra as a Service

WEBINAR: Creating a REST API with Datastax Astra Cassandra as a Service | Thursday April 30 at 6:30 PM | Online Event

DataStax Astra provides the ability to develop and deploy data-driven applications with a cloud-native service, without the hassles of database and infrastructure administration. In this webinar, we are going to walk you through creating a REST API and exposing that to your Cassandra database. We hope to see you there!

WEBINAR: Deliver the Sitecore Platform like an Award Winning Production

WEBINAR: Deliver the Sitecore Platform like an Award Winning Production| Friday April 24 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

Join Sitecore MVP, Eric Ramseur from ANANT Corp for a discussion on selling and delivering Sitecore in a Movie Studio Approach. Attendees will review current Sitecore Business Development strategies and discuss ways to chart the Future of Work in the Sitecore Industry. Please RSVP to ensure your spot in our webinar!!

WEBINAR: How to Recruit a Sitecore Professional

WEBINAR: How to Recruit a Sitecore Professional | Thursday March 19 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

Join Sitecore MVP, Eric Ramseur, in an important discussion on effectively recruiting a Sitecore Professional. We will discuss talent acquisition scenarios from the Sitecore Community and Identify ways Recruiters can provide the best value for our members and their clients. The audience for this webinar is obviously Recruiters however Sitecore Professionals, Consultants, and Community members are welcome to add value to the discussion.

WEBINAR: How Sitecore Helps Organizations with their Digital Transformation

WEBINAR: How Sitecore Helps Organizations with their Digital Transformation | Thursday February 27 at 6:00 PM | Online Event

Join Sitecore MVP Eric Ramseur for an online discussion on the ways in which Sitecore can improve customer experience and lead your organization's Digital Transformation. Learn from past experiences on licensing, feature development budgets, cloud deployments and more!! Get your questions answered so that your company can get the most return out of your investment.

Moving from a Relational Database to Cassandra: Why, Where, When and How

Moving from a Relational Database to Cassandra: Why, Where, When and How | Wednesday November 20 at 5:30 PM | Anant DC Office, 2315 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20037

Join us on Wednesday, November 20th at 5:30 PM for an informative event focused on everything you need to know about moving from a relational database to Cassandra. We will be covering the why, where, when, and how.

Business Platform Strategy Breakfast

Business Platform Strategy Breakfast | Friday November 08 at 7:30 AM | Anant DC Office, 2315 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20037

We'd love to have you join us on November 8th, 2019 from 7:30 AM to 8:45 AM for our monthly Business Platform Strategy Breakfast. This is a great opportunity to connect with other technology professionals and discuss ideas. We hope to see you there!

Moving from a Relational Database to Cassandra: Why, Where, When and How

Moving from a Relational Database to Cassandra: Why, Where, When and How | Tuesday October 22 at 5:30 PM | Live Webinar

Join us on Tuesday, October 22nd at 5:30 CT to learn everything you need to know about moving from a relational database to Cassandra. We will be covering the why, where, when, and how.

DataStax Graph Workshop and Hands-On Lab Got Graph?

DataStax Graph Workshop and Hands-On Lab Got Graph? Get More from Your Connected Data | Thursday October 3 at 12:00 PM | George Washington University, 1957 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, Room 113

DataStax experts are hosting a half-day workshop to learn how to get more value from your data by leveraging a relationship-first approach with a distributed graph database. Get an introduction to graph technology, followed by a technical hands-on lab session.

Business Platform Strategy Breakfast - Data Edition

Business Platform Strategy Breakfast - Data Edition | Friday October 4 at 7:30 AM | Anant DC Office, 3 Washington Circle NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20037

We’d love for you to join us for the Data Edition of our monthly Business Platform Strategy Breakfast! This is a great opportunity to meet other platform architects and discuss issues you're encountering.

How to Build a Multi-DC Cassandra Cluster in AWS w/ OpsCenter LCM

How to Build a Multi-DC Cassandra Cluster in AWS w/ OpsCenter LCM | Wednesday September 25 at 5:30 PM | Online Event

Learn how to implement the powerful NoSQL database Cassandra in the AWS cloud using the Datastax distribution and their Ops Center Lifecycle Management Software.

Survey of Real-time Data Platforms (Cassandra, Spark, Akka, Kafka, etc.)

Survey of Real-time Data Platforms (Cassandra, Spark, Akka, Kafka, etc.) | Thursday September 19 at 6:30 PM | Anant DC Office, 3 Washington Circle NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20037

Learn how to efficiently manage your data using the following Real-time data platforms: Cassandra, Spark, Akka, Kafka.

Datastax - Automation Training + Lunch

Datastax - Automation Training + Lunch | Tuesday September 17 at 12:00 PM | Anant DC Office, 3 Washington Circle NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20037

Interested in getting some hands-on experience with Datastax? Join us for our Datastax Automation Training!

Business Platform Strategy Breakfast

Business Platform Strategy Breakfast | Friday September 6 at 7:30 AM | Anant DC Office, 3 Washington Circle NW, Suite 301, Washington, D.C. 20037

We’d love for you to join us on August 30, 2019, from 7:30 AM to 8:45 AM for our monthly Business Platform Strategy Breakfast.

An Overview of Spreadsheet and CRM integrations with Zapier

An Overview of Spreadsheet and CRM Integrations with Zapier | Wednesday August 21 at 3:00 PM | Online Event

Join us for a quick demonstration on how to leverage Zapier to automate tasks that cost your company time and money.

Survey of Real-time Data Platforms (Cassandra, Spark, Akka, Kafka, etc.)

Survey of Real-time Data Platforms (Cassandra, Spark, Akka, Kafka, etc.) | Wednesday August 7 at 5:30 PM | Wavicle Data Solutions HQ

Learn how to efficiently manage your data using the following Real-time data platforms: Cassandra, Spark, Akka, Kafka.

How to Build a Multi-DC Cassandra Cluster in AWS w/ OpsCenter LCM

How to Build a Multi-DC Cassandra Cluster in AWS w/ OpsCenter LCM | Thursday August 1 at 6:30 PM | Phillips Hall

Learn how to implement the powerful NoSQL database Cassandra in the AWS cloud using the Datastax distribution and their Ops Center Lifecycle Management Software.

Datastax Accelerate

Datastax Accelerate | Thursday May 23 at 9:00 AM | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Maryland

Join us at the world’s premier Apache Cassandra™ conference to learn from your peers, industry experts, and community leaders about how you can transform modern enterprise applications on any cloud at scale.

Intelligent Graphs: A Look at the Future of Enterprise AI

Webinar - C# Corner Chicago Chapter | Saturday December 22 at 10:00 AM | Online Webinar

Rahul Singh has been working in the Internet IT industry for over 20 years and specializes in designing Digital Business Technology Platforms. His company specializes in creating and integrating Data & Analytics Platforms with Information Systems and Customer Experience Platforms. He has consulted to several large organizations such as McDonalds, Kroger, USPS, USPTO that use Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, and Apache Solr. Rahul will be showing the audience how to build large scale global data & analytics platforms that are needed by the fortune 500 and fast growing technology startups with millions or even billions of customers worldwide.

Intelligent Graphs: A Look at the Future of Enterprise AI

Meetup | Tuesday April 10 at 6:30 PM | George Washington University, Funger Hall, Room 108, 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

DVDC is happy to host its 1Q Roundup in partnership with our friends at Data Science DC (https://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-DC/), Columbia GraphDB (www.meetup.com/Columbia-GraphDB-MeetUp), GraphDB Baltimore-Washington (www.meetup.com/graphdb-baltimore/).

Data Modeling in Cassandra: Avoiding Tombstones, Wide Partitions, and Data Skew

Meetup | Tuesday February 20 at 7:00 PM | Eastern Foundry Rosslyn - 1100 Wilson Blvd, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA

Cassandra is the easiest big data (truly big data) open source database to get started with. Whether you are using Apache Cassandra or DataStax Enterprise Cassandra, there are some pitfalls that new Cassandra Developers/Admins/Architects end up making which are easy to avoid.

Data Wranglers DC - Data Processing for Machine Learning / AI / Natural Language Processing

Meetup | Tuesday February 13 at 6:00 PM | Eastern Foundry Rosslyn - 1100 Wilson Blvd, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA

In this meetup there will be a group of three speakers who will cover topics ranging from data wrangling for Natural Language Processing (NLP) to processing data for time-series analysis using machine learning, and harnessing crowd sourced data.

Co-Meetup - Data Wranglers/Cassandra­ DC - Indexing Options in Cassandra

Meetup | Thursday September 14 at 6:30 PM | Eastern Foundry Rosslyn - 1100 Wilson Blvd, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA

In this Meetup, we will look at the indexing options available in Apache Cassandra, and how indexes are created. Indexing options have greatly improved in the most recent versions of Cassandra. We will discuss when to use indexes and also when not to use them Performance considerations will be discussed.

COO Training - Supporting The Modern Business - Cloud / IoT / Big Data / Data Science

Workshop | Saturday September at 10:30 AM | Anant DC Office

Join Tom Meylan of Digital Clones and Rahul Singh of Anant to learn more about bringing people and technology together within an organization. Digital Clones develops system based training materials for high performance leadership teams. Anant provides modern enterprise consulting and data engineering experience, knowledge, and innovation to Internet Teams and Internet Software Teams.

Scaling Cloud Applications Using Docker

Meetup | Tuesday September 4 at 6:30 PM | Solution Street Herndon Office

In this talk, Rahul Singh, CEO at Anant Corporation, will give a presentation on Scaling Cloud Applications using Docker. He will cover the current popular technologies of Kafka, Spark, Cassandra, and Docker as a part of a growing landscape of distributed computing tools.

Weekend Cowork

Cowork | Saturday August 5 at 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Anant Labs, 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC

Want to get stuff done on a Saturday as it relates to your startup but don't have a subscription to a coworking space or don't like working in a Starbucks? Come by our office for a cowork session!

Data Processing for Search and Information Retrieval

Meetup | Tuesday July 18 at 6:30 PM | George Washington University, Funger Hall, Room 108, 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Deploying machine learning onto enterprise search required an entire team of data scientists, developers and database experts to manage the complex machine learning algorithms and deploy them in search systems. Until now.

Data Wranglers DC - Data Wrangling & Visualization of Public / Government Data

Meetup | Tuesday May 9 at 6:30 PM | Eastern Foundry Rosslyn - 1100 Wilson Blvd, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA

This presentation provides an overview of how tools such as the National Water Information System (NWIS) can be used for continuous and discrete hydrologic data maintenance and exploratory analysis to better provide scientific views and insights at various resolutions.

Baltimore IIBA Chapter - Software Algebra

In-Person Presentation | Tuesday April 11 at 6:00 PM | UMBC Training Center, 6996 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite #100

How to define and create business applications and systems in the modern era by connecting and assembling available online and open source tools.

WebTech Conference - Software Algebra

In-Person Presentation | Thursday March 30 at 5:30 PM | Iron Yard DC, 1341 G Street, Floor 2

WebTech is a 4-hour conference on web technology trends and techniques, specifically focused on the people who build, manage and design web properties.

Learning Docker - Containerizing Software, Platform & Infrastructure

In-Person Workshop | Saturday December 17 2016 at 9:30 AM | Anant Offices, 1010 Wisconsin Ave. NW #250, Washington, DC 20007

Data Wranglers DC - Data Processing with Zeppelin/ Solr / Spark / Nifi

Meetup | Wednesday December 14 2016 at 6:30 PM | George Washington University, Funger Hall, Room 108, 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Data Wranglers DC Meetup - Integrating Real-Time Data - Spark and Kafka for Video and Data Stream Analysis

Meetup  |  Wednesday November 9 2016 from 6:30 pM to 8:00 PM (EDT) | ByteCubed Offices 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 401, Arlington, VA 22202

Webinar: Organizing Business Information with Enterprise Search & Knowledge Management (B2B)

Webinar  |  Friday November 4 2016 from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM (EDT) | Online Webinar

Webinar: Unifying Business Information with Portals and Dashboards (B2B)

Webinar  |  Friday October 14 2016 from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM (EDT)  | Online Webinar

Data Wranglers DC Meetup - The Business Value of Data Wrangling

Meetup  |  Tuesday October 11 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM  | George Washington University, Funger Hall, Room 108, 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Business Strategy Breakfast: Successes and Failures with Big Data Analysis

Business Strategy Breakfast  |  Friday September 30 2016 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM  | Social Tables DC Office, 1325 G St., NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005

Webinar: Connecting Online Business Software 101 (B2B)

Webinar  |  Friday September 16 2016 from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM (EDT)  | Online Webinar

Machine Learning and Graph Processing on Accumulo w/ Spark

Meetup | Wednesday August 10 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | ByteCubed Offices 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 401, Arlington, VA 22202

The goal of this presentation was to add new tools to the the data scientist toolbox. We went through the benefits of using Accumulo and Spark as a custom data analytic platform and provided some simple examples to ease processing.

Business Strategy Breakfast: Sweet Spot for Big Data

Business Strategy Breakfast | Friday August 26 2016 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM | 700 12th St NW #700, Washington, DC 20005

Webinar: Building Online Business Software 101 (B2B)

Webinar | Friday August 19 2016 from 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM (EDT) | Online Webinar

Native American Contractors Association - Emerging Native Leaders Summit

Educational Program | Tuesday August 16 to Thursday August 18 2016 | Blank Rome Government Relations LLC Offices, Watergate 600 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037

Data Cleansing with Spark / Scala

Meetup | Wednesday August 10 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | GWU, Funger Hall, Room 108 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Asynchronous Data Processing w/ Message Oriented Architecture

Meetup | Wednesday July 13 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | GWU, Funger Hall, Room 108 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Protecting User Privacy with Fuzzy-feeling Test Data

Meetup | Wednesday June 15 2016 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM | GWU, Funger Hall, Room 108 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Leveraging Big Data Technologies at the Government

Meetup | Wednesday May 11 2016 at 6:30 PM | GWU, Funger Hall, Room 108 2201 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Organizing People, Process, Information, and Systems for the Modern Era

Meetup | Tuesday May 10 2016 at 6 PM | UMBC Training Center, 6996 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite #100, Columbia, MD

Is it easier today to start a business, create and market products and provide services to the masses than ever before? It’s a question worth asking. We at Anant believe so.

Knowledge Sharing Demo

Private Presentation | Friday May 6 | Fairfax County, VA

Hybrid Approach to Project Management

Meetup | Thursday May 5 2016 at 6:30PM | 1900 Gallows Rd, Vienna, VA 22182

Business Applications Demo DC Enterprise Tech Meetup

Meetup | Thursday April 28 2016 at 5:30 PM | 1010 Wisconsin Ave. NW #250, Washington, DC 20007

Getting to Continuous, One Iteration at a Time

Private Presentation | Monday April 18 | Washington, DC

Building Enterprise Search with Open Source Components

Meetup | Wednesday March 30 2016 at 6:30 PM | 1445 New York Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC

Mastering Services in the Service of Others

Meetup | Wednesday March 23 2016 at 6:00 PM | 1300 17th St N #1800, Arlington, VA

Comparing SolR/Lucene/ElasticS­earch vs. Cloud based Search Providers

Meetup | Monday February 29 2016 at 6:15 PM | 727 Elden Street, 2nd Floor, Herndon, VA