Generating NoSQL from SQL - Tools and techniques

Track:

Solutions Track

Time:

Thursday, 3:00pm - 3:50pm

Abstract:

We are all comfortable with Relational Databases and translating real word data to rows and columns. Some data does not fill well into this model or is too big. Embracing the new world of BigData non-relational databases, or NoSQL, can seem a little daunting, but not really. All knowledge and technology is additive, we just need a simple way to apply what we already know to the new technologies. NoSQL technologies frequently use APIs, rather than a Query Language to access the database, this can feel like a barrier or a new thing to learn. What if you could generate the NoSQL API from SQL and remove the barrier? You could then choose the appropriate NoSQL technology that meets your use case.

This presentation discusses tools and techniques for generating Aerospike APIs from Aerospike Query Language (AQL). But the principals can be applied to any SQL like language and any NoSQL API

Peter Milne

Peter is the Director of Application Engineering at Aerospike. Prior to Aerospike, Peter was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at ITerative Consulting, a consulting company providing software modernization to clients worldwide. While at ITerative, Peter was also the Technical Director of a project to develop a consumer lending application at St. George Bank, a medium size national bank in Australia. Prior to ITerative, Peter ran the consulting and education divisions of Forte Software (Australia), a provider of enterprise software development, deployment and management tools. Prior to Forte Software, Peter was a principal consultant with Digital Equipment Corporation, specializing in distributed computing. Peter began his career with Wang Labs (Australia) as a hardware engineer in the Asia Pacific region. He eventually became a software engineer at Wang R&D in Lowell, Mass where he helped to develop one of the first commercial email systems. Peter received a M.Sc. in Computing from the University of Technology, Sydney, and has a number of postgraduate academic and commercial qualifications, including an international commercial pilots license for helicopters (ICAO CPL). Peter has flown commercially and for recreation in 8 countries.