The database landscape is evolving as new, scalable data stores emerge. Key value stores, large tabular stores, and document-oriented databases offer a compelling alternative to the traditional relational database. By removing joins and loosening ACID constraints, this new class of non-relational or "NoSQL" solutions gain the ability to scale horizontally. In addition, NoSQL solutions offer interesting alternatives to the traditional relational data model.

NoSQL databases offer many potential advantages to the enterprise user. A schemaless data model enables the development team to adopt the schema design to new requirements and reduce time to market. Less upfront time is required to anticipate performance requirements. Open source solutions running on commodity hardware provide an inexpensive and scalable option that may result in significant cost savings.

This presentation will introduce attendees to the key concepts required to understand and evaluate NoSQL data stores, including the CAP Theorem, consistency models, NoSQL data models, and approaches to scaling. We'll explore relevant use cases and compare and contrast the many open source NoSQL solutions, and conclude with an in-depth examination of the document-oriented database MongoDB.

Speaker: Tony Hannan

Tony recently joined 10gen and is starting off working on the Haskell and Erlang drivers for MongoDB. Previously, he was principal software engineer at CDNetworks (a content delivery network) responsible for optimal request routing, load balancing, and content allocation. Before that he did research in distributed systems and programming languages at Georgia Tech and Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. He has also worked on commercial systems at IBM and EDS. Tony received a master's degree from Cornell University and a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University, both in Computer Science.

Meeting Location: PROS Pricing

3100 Main Map 
10th floor 
Houston, TX 77002

Suggested Parking:

Park across the street in the parking garage on Elgin on the 3rd or 4th floor in the Visitor designated spots. Walk across the skybridge on the 3rd floor and take the elevators on the right side of the elevator lobby to the 10th floor.

Meeting Sponsor: 10gen

Sponsor Website: http://www.10gen.com

Company Overview

About 10gen

10gen develops MongoDB, and offers production support, training, and consulting for the open source database.

10gen was founded by former DoubleClick Founder and CTO Dwight Merriman and former DoubleClick engineer and ShopWiki Founder and CTO Eliot Horowitz. Dwight and Eliot began development on MongoDB in 2007, drawing upon their experiences building large scale, high availability, robust systems.

10gen is led by seasoned executives and technologists with senior leadership experience at many of the worlds leading technology companies, including two executives and four senior engineers with over 50 years combined experience at Oracle. 10gen is backed by leading venture capital firms who invested in established leaders like Oracle, Cisco and Apple as well as rapidly growing internet companies like Zynga and Twitter.

Door Prizes and Giveaways!

• JetBrains has donated one IntelliJ license to be raffled off at this month's HJUG meeting if we have 30 attendees, two if we have 50 or more
• Hello2Morrow has donated a SonarGraph Personal license to be raffled off at this month's HJUG meeting
• ZeroTurnaround has donated a license of JavaRebel to be raffled off this month
• Headway Software has donated a license of Structure101 and a license of Restructure101

Meeting sponsored by Structure101 for Tangle free software.