Enterprise Big Data in AWS

This session will focus on architecting enterprise big data systems in AWS. This will include evaluating the big data capabilities in AWS, dealing with governance and business critical systems (high availability, disaster recovery, service level agreements, operations, automation …) in the cloud, mapping your on premise big data workloads to AWS, and other key aspects of cloud based enterprise big data systems.

Come to this session if you want to learn about architecting and delivering enterprise big data systems in AWS.


Dave Hendricksen

About Dave Hendricksen

Dave is a senior architect for Thomson Reuters and has worked for Thomson Reuters for over 20 years where his focus is on architecting and delivering enterprise hybrid big data systems.

Dave has written two books with Addison-Wesley, and is currently working on a third:


  • 12 Essential Skills for Software Architects – this book focuses on the soft skills needed by software architects, and has also been translated to Chinese.

  • 12 More Essential Skills for Software Architects – this book focuses on the day to day technical skills needed by software architects.

  • (In Progress) Enterprise Big Data – this book focuses on how to architect and build enterprise big data systems.


    • Dave is also the head coach for the Eagan High School FIRST Robotics program with over 150 students and over 60 mentors. Dave also likes to build things like trebuchets, go carts, and rain barrel watering systems.

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