JOSA TechTalks - Effective Data Storing

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At our second JOSA TechTalk we will cover practical issues that developers face with Data Stores: from handling structured and unstructured data, to how to implement better architectural decisions for your data stores, as well as applications of Apache Solr for common situations any developer might face; all boosted with more pro tips from the experts!

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Wrestling with Data Stores

When it comes to data storage, there is no silver bullet. This talk describes the journey of developers to find the right combination of engines to solve challenges related to storing both structured and unstructured data. Based on real life examples, the session tackles the practical use of RDBMSs, MongoDB, Redis and others.

By: AlFaisal ElDajani - Head of Engineering at Blue Kangaroo


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Intro to Graph Databases and Neo4j

Every data model that we use relies on connections between entities to provide value. All the world around us consists of connected information.
Graph Databases focus on "performant" storage, management and querying of this kind of information. This enables you to quickly build applications that leverage the intrinsic value of relationships to solve use-cases like social, recommendations, routing, impact analysis, asset management, fraud detection and much more.
In this presentation we'll introduce the data model, the approach graph databases take to be fast and Neo4j as the world's leading open source graph database.

By: Michael Hunger - Lead Evangelist at Neo Technology


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Apache Solr: A Guided Tour

Many database engines fail the test of serving complex queries in a timely manner. Apache Solr is an example of an indexing engine designed to solve this problem by being fast, reliable and easily scalable. This session introduces Apache Solr and how you can use it to overcome indexing, complex querying, and text search challenges.

By: Ramzi Alqrainy - Contributor at Apache Solr