Cisco is a Zettabyte sponsor at this week's Strata Conference + Hadoop World in New York, NY, October 28-30.

Everyone's talking about big data, but who's actually doing it right-and how? Find out at Strata + Hadoop World, where big data's most influential decision makers, architects, developers, and analysts gather to shape the future of their businesses. If you want to tap into the opportunities brought by big data, data science, and pervasive computing, you'll want to be there too.

Stop by the Cisco Booth and please attend our breakout session:
"Deeper Insight into Operational Big Data Clusters", delivered by Samuel Kommu, Cisco Technical Marketing Engineer
Wednesday at 1:45pm. Check here for more details.

We will showcase how our Cisco Nexus, UCS and our workload automation solutions-all configured specifically for Hadoop-that enable rapid deployment, predictable performance, and massive scale to help you get the most value from your big data deployments.

Also, stop by the Cisco booth to receive you free copy of Unleashing IT Big Data Edition. This special edition of Unleashing IT is all about Big Data. There is nothing simple about scaling up to the challenge of managing the mountain of data flooding into your data center every day. To learn how to start extracting value, avoid pitfalls, and best practices of big data management, check out our new edition, containing expert advice, thought leadership, and industry insight.

Big Data blogs I follow:
Raghunath Nambiar
Scott Ciccone

Cisco Big Data Resources: www.cisco.com/go/bigdata