SLC.NET Presents: Realtime Data Analysis with .NET, AWS Kinesis, Glue & Athena by Tim Collinson

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There is a large gap in knowledge and understanding of large data streaming, processing, and analytics. Almost every company has a massive amount of disparate data flowing in from numerous sources. Whether it is log files from various servers and clients, invoicing statements from a myriad of vendors, or proprietary data sets from various sources, companies are dealing with a lot of data in multiple formats. AWS has a number of tools and services to help you work with your large disparate data sets. In this presentation we will be exploring how AWS Kinesis Firehose can help you to gather data from all of your data sources. We will use AWS Glue to normalize and pivot the data as it goes into an AWS S3 Datalake. Finally, we will use AWS Athena to query our new data set using SQL and .Net in a way that will feel like second nature to all .Net developers.

All examples and code will be available publicly for you to follow along in the presentation and will have a strong .Net focus. .Net and AWS’ data focused tooling are a great pairing for a quick to develop and powerful analytical presence in the current big data market.

About the Speaker:
Tim Collinson is an Architect within the Cloud and DevOps Transformations Practice at TEKsystems Global Services. With his fellow Architects and Engineers, Tim brings experience and clarity to the process of defining, enabling, and sustaining value streams within his partners organizations. He works closely with partners to find their customers’ needs and enable near and long term visions for value streams. It is his passion to then working together to define roadmaps to deliver those value streams.

Tim began espousing his belief in bringing development and operations together to develop, deploy, and maintain quality software during his years as a Fellow with The Hewlett-Packard Company. He has worked with and consulted for companies as large as Fortune 50 and as small as pre-funded startups. The principles of finding value streams for his partners customers are the same. With both his technical and business/financial knowledge of the software industry he quickly helps focus his partners on what really matters to find success.

Tim raises a large family with his wife, taking care of his kids and recently, new grandchildren. He loves the outdoor areas of Utah where he now lives, visiting national park, hiking, and camping. He also enjoys music and volunteers to both play and conduct locally.