The Strata Conference 2013 will kick off on February 26- 28, 2013 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.  Given our love for Big Data, Strata is a very fun time for us at SiliconANGLE.  We’ll be covering next week’s event with live broadcasts, analysis and interviews.  Here’s what you need to know:

Strata, Santa Clara [2013]

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O’Reilly’s Strata Conference brings together the leading minds in Big Data, learning from the decision makers currently using the power of Big Data to drive business strategy, as well as the practitioners who collect, analyze, and manipulate the data.

What to expect

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This year we’ll be looking at Big Data deployments, now that the industry has had a few years to toy around with frameworks like Hadoop.  Now that play time is over, the enterprise is looking for the best way to roll out a true Big Data solution, so looking at the real-world implications of these deployments will be a key study during the Strata conference.

That means we’ll be drilling down into the specifics of Big Data deployments, at the operational level.  What’s it mean for your business’ cloud strategy?  What’s the most cost-effective way to go about Big Data?  How can Big Data be secured, and what should you look for in a data scientist?

Keynotes & sessions

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Attend sessions and keynotes from Edd Dumbill – O’Reilly Media, Inc. Program Chair, Alistair Croll – Solve For Interesting founder, Yael Garten – LinkedIn Senior Data Scientist, Rajat Taneja – Electronic Arts CTO, Kate Crawford – Microsoft Research Principal Researcher, Nathan Marz – Twitter lead engineer, and many more big names in the tech world.

You can also manage your Strata sessions with the personalized tracker, a scheduling tool powered by Strata.

Get the latest updates

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Get the latest news happening at the Strata Conference via SiliconANGLE right here on the blog, and check our live coverage from theCube on our YouTube channel.

Strata has mobile apps for attendees and virtual guests alike.  The iPhone and Android apps offer onsite information, live streams and a scheduling tool.

You can also catch the latest buzz on Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn or via Twitter @strataconf and #strataconf.  Plan to get social at Strata?  We’ve compiled a Twitter List of the top influencers associated with the Strata conference, which you can subscribe to here.

Tweets from @SiliconANGLE/strata-2013

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Get there!

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Anxious to get to Strata next week?  O’Reilly’s put together some tips to help you convince the boss to send you to the analytics conference, along with materials to support your case.

To show how important this event is to you and your company, download and customize this Request to Attend Template, and open and customize this Request to Attend Email to start the approval process early.  This will help you get the best possible price and be able to review the list of discounts to see if you qualify.  This shows your boss you mean business, and are willing to go the extra mile so as not to spend too much of the company’s money.

And finally, create a report after the conference using the Trip Report Template to detail what you’ve learned during the conference.  Just so you can show everyone that you went to Strata strictly for business!

See you there!