DB2 Express-C Team Blog

The Hadoop programming challenge at Big Data University has been extended to October 10th. This is due to many of the nearly 2000 people who've taken the Hadoop Fundamentals course asking for an extension.

The challenge involves completing the Hadoop Fundamentals course and doing an additional exercise to demonstrate skill and creativity with the Hadoop data processing framework. The submission deadline is now Monday, October 10th, 11:59pm PST.

Three participants in the challenge will be selected for an expense paid trip to the IOD conference in Las Vegas.

Big Data University and its sister site DB2 University offer free courses in SQL, Hadoop, and other topics.

Cheers,

Leons Petrazickis
DB2 Community Team

The free Getting Started with InfoSphere Data Architect book is now available in Simplified Chinese as well as English. InfoSphere Data Architect (IDA) is a data modelling and integration tool aimed at the enterprise. The book aims to help you:

• Learn how to work with logical and physical database designs
• Learn how to create, deploy, and update data models
• Discover how to forward- and reverse-engineer your data sources
• Learn more about data privacy, security, and lifecycle management
• Practice using hands-on exercises   

The book is part of the DB2 on Campus book series, which includes among others:

• Database Fundamentals
• Getting Started with DB2 Express-C
• Getting Started with Data Studio
• Getting Started with DB2 Application Development
• Getting Started with pureQuery