Cutting-Edge NoSQL for the London Olympics Presented by John ODonovan at the NoSQL Now! Conference & Expo


Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 01, 2012

DATAVERSITY today announced that John ODonovan, Director, Technical Architecture and Development at the UKs Press Association (a leading content and media services provider) and one of the worlds foremost media technology designers, will give a keynote presentation to this years NoSQL Now! Conference & Expo at the San Jose Convention Center August 21 23.

On August 23rd from 9:10 9:45 AM, ODonovan will discuss the advanced methods used to build the next generation of content delivery platforms for the London Olympics. During his session ODonovan will share on how his team did – just weeks after the Olympic experience – using a combination of NoSQL technologies including graph databases, XML, RDF and linked data, to deliver new media capabilities on the world’s biggest stage.

ODonovan was formerly the Chief Technical Architect of BBC News and Sport delivering the acclaimed BBC World Cup website in 2010 which pioneered approaches to NoSQL technology including utilizing semantic and linked data, but the architectural approach has been taken much further into the core of the business by the Press Association, especially for key elements of the Olympics this year and many of their other services. PA is the appointed Host National News Agency for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

PAs coverage of the Olympics will be global and pervasive as it provides content and drives real-time data services for many clients and global brands including MSN, Sky TV, ESPN, Bing, LOCOG, NRK Norway, The Daily Mail, The Times, The Telegraph, British Telecom and many others

For many, we are the Olympics – the text, pictures, video and data we publish will be a window onto the Games. This is not just about driving a single service, this is about driving flexible and relevant services for many clients across all types of digital, broadcast and print media. said ODonovan.

We are delivering a global service of complex products to over 40 territories in 23 different languages, all working together in real-time – and the technologies deployed make it easier for us to receive and create the content, manage it, distribute it and customize it. We can also perform more advanced services to analyze and organize content and deliver a highly individualized consumer experience he added.

Preparing ourselves for the scale and real-time needs of the Olympics is an unprecedented technical undertaking said ODonovan, but we have faith in these technologies because relational technologies struggle to get us where we need to be, so we have blended a variety of NoSQL products to get the scale, performance and customized experience we needed to deliver.

NoSQL technologies are being used effectively to deliver large-scale solutions in a wide variety of applications. During the NoSQL Now! Conference attendees will learn from real-world examples and case studies from industry leaders in e-commerce, education, broadcast media, search, advertising, gaming, healthcare and online services. ODonovans keynote is a prime example of the innovative NoSQL technologies being used for the Olympics as well as in companies who have found NoSQL in enterprise business solutions.

NoSQL Now! will include the following case studies of NoSQL databases in the Enterprise space:

Four In-Depth Workshops at the Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo

Corona, CA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012

Elearning! Media Group, the exclusive industry trade brand serving the enterprise learning market, will host its annual Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo (ELCE) on September 25-27, 2012 in Irvine, Calif., where four in-depth workshops will tackle learnings hot topics of fundamentals, social, mobile and video. Attendees will learn from industry experts who are transforming enterprise learning, sharpen their skills and walk away with an immediate action plan.

Beginning September 24th, ELCE will host a two day E-learning Fundamental Workshop. Joe Ganci, CEO of Dazzle Technologies will focus on the practical steps to establishing, designing and developing e-learning. Whether an attendee is new to e-learning or the appointed Guru, everyone will be surprised by how many decisions are made around migrating to e-learning. In fact, take the right steps right from the start and deliver stellar e-learning that actually works. Attend this workshop to become the hero who managed to weave through the still live mines to get to the end result on time and under budget. Have learners praise your name for delivering engaging, challenging experiences, free from the dreaded “Hit Next-Next-Next” Syndrome.

In this workshop, Ganci will focus on the practical steps to establishing, designing and developing e-learning. In the process, attendees will learn to:


Ask the three crucial questions at the very start
Form a checklist of important tasks that must be accomplished
Prototype and design an e-learning lesson – your own or one that will be provided
Decide which tools will help you best in developing your lesson
Develop your working lesson using one or more e-learning tools.

Creating a Social Learning Hive will be hosted by Vicki Tambellini, President and CEO of The Tambellini Group on September 25th, 2012. In this half day workshop, Vicki Tambellini, CEO of Tambellini Group, will share the strategy, decision points and implementation of an engaging social learning environment. Vicki has successfully built edu1world, the largest social hive for educators and technologists. She shares her secrets and strategies in this workshop including: Introduction to social learning, key features of a great social learning network, the business case for a social learning network, dos and donts, tour of a social learning ecosystem, user case studies, review of the social learning network checklist and next steps for implementation.

Mobile learning is being adopted by 68% of enterprises. John Moxley, Director of Leadership Development at Cricket Communications and Thomas Archibald, Operations Director, ADL Initiative from the Department of Defese will guide you through mobile learning planning stages, best practices, development options, design considerations and mobile learning tools available. Every attendee will receive a copy of The ADL Mobile Learning Handbook.

Over 4 billion videos are viewed on YouTube per day. On Friday September 28th, ELCE will host a post-conference offsite workshop. Lights, Camera, Action Workshop will take place at Ferrari Studios in San Diego, CA. Attendees will have the ability to take content to this next level and learn the dos and donts of video production from a professional producer. Attend this workshop and learn the dos and donts of video production from a professional producer. Phil Ferrari, Producer, will lead a team through the process of creating a video commercial. From script writing, talent recruitment, live video production, editing and collaboration, participants will experience both sides of the camera.

ELCE Workshop passes start at $ 99. Register now for any of these workshops and save up to $ 300. Special discounts are available for government, education and non-profit organizations, as well as groups of three or more. Add a workshop to your conference attendance, and save more. Early bird discounts expire soon, so register today at http://www.elceshow.com. For sponsorship or exhibitor information, contact sales (at) 2elearning (dot) com or call 888-201-2841 x845.

About Elearning! Media Group

Elearning! Media Group is owned by B2B Media Group LLC. Elearning! Media Group consists of eleven media products including: Elearning! Magazine, Government Elearning! Magazine, e-magazines, e-mail newsletters, Alerts, Websites, Web seminars, the Enterprise Learning! Summit and Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo. Elearning! Media Group serves the $ 160 billion e-learning market. Suppliers and practitioners can follow us: online at http://www.2elearning.com, http://gov.2elearning.com; on Twitter: 2elearning or #ELCE12; via Facebook: Elearning!-Magazine or LinkedIn: Elearning! Magazine Network

Enterprise Learning! Events

In its fifth year, Enterprise Learning! Events bring onsite and online audiences together to learn, network and share. Mark your calendar for Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo, the exclusive learning and workplace technology marketplace, September 25-27th, 2012 Irvine, CA. Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo hosts the Best of Elearning! Awards Luncheon and Learning! 100 Award winners. For more information about the Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo visit http://www.elceshow.com.







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