On December 5–6, 2023 on the Pc Historical past Museum in Mountain View, CA, lots of of builders and software program engineers will come collectively at PrestoCon 2023 to assist and study extra about Presto, the open-source SQL question engine for knowledge analytics and the Open Knowledge Lakehouse.
Be taught extra about PrestoCon 2023
We’re excited for the way forward for Presto. This yr, we introduced watsonx.knowledge, our Presto-based open knowledge lakehouse that could be a fit-for-purpose knowledge retailer, constructed on an open lakehouse structure and supported by querying, governance and open knowledge codecs to entry and share knowledge.
For those who’re concerned in knowledge analytics or knowledge infrastructure, PrestoCon is a must-attend occasion. Listed here are three causes you would possibly contemplate attending:
1. You’ll get the most recent innovation updates about next-gen Presto, the native C++ employee for Presto.
At PrestoCon, there’s a observe devoted to the most recent developments within the native C++ employee for Presto—code named Prestissimo—constructed on the open-source Velox mission. There’s been loads of work and innovation that’s gone into Prestissimo over the previous few months, and main contributors from Bytedance, IBM and Meta might be sharing that work.
2. You’ll hear extra from IBM leaders and engineers on the most recent developments of each open-source Presto and watsonx.knowledge.
At IBM we’re sturdy advocates of the open-source Presto mission with 5 Presto committers and dozens of contributors, all of whom are engaged on constructing and executing on the mission roadmap.
Watsonx.knowledge is our knowledge retailer constructed on an open knowledge lakehouse structure with Presto. We’ll share extra about what we’ve been engaged on with Presto in watsonx.knowledge. We’re additionally working carefully with the Presto neighborhood on advancing open-source Presto, together with Prestissimo, and look ahead to presenting our work.
Periods we’re enthusiastic about attending:
VP Hybrid Knowledge Administration Vikram Murali’s keynote, the place he’ll share extra about why IBM selected Presto for the watsonx.knowledge open knowledge lakehouse, and IBM’s key contributions to Presto open supply.
Software program Engineer and Presto Committer Aditi Pandit’s Intro to Prestissimo session, which can give the neighborhood an outline of next-gen Presto and the work going into the C++ native employee.
Analysis Scientists Berthold Reinwald and Nasrullah Sheikh might be sharing extra about their Presto Connector for vector search on knowledge listed by vector databases.
Software program Engineer Zac Blanco’ session, highlighting IBM’s work on statistics with sampling utilizing Iceberg on Presto.
3. You may get hands-on with Presto in technical workshops
If you wish to get hands-on with Presto, PrestoCon workshops are an effective way to do this. Created for rookies to superior Presto customers, there might be three workshops on totally different Presto subjects. We advocate you register for these rapidly, as capability is restricted they usually’ll in all probability promote out quickly (shopping for a move to PrestoCon offers you free entry to register for a workshop):
Getting Began with Presto: get Presto operating regionally, join knowledge sources, run queries (Newbie)
Constructing an Open Knowledge Lakehouse with Presto and Apache Hudi: Put the constructing blocks in place to construct your personal Open Knowledge Lakehouse (Starting)
Getting Began with Prestissimo on Docker: For devs and engineers who’re fascinated with getting their fingers on Prestissimo (Intermediate)
PrestoCon 2023 goes to be a unbelievable occasion for builders and engineers who’re fascinated with open supply and cutting-edge innovation. We’re trying ahead to getting collectively in-person with the neighborhood for 2 days, sharing our work and studying extra about Prestissimo.
Whether or not you’re a seasoned Presto professional or simply getting began, this neighborhood convention presents an inside look into the most recent innovation and neighborhood information. Early fowl pricing (50 USD) concludes on October 31. Register immediately and don’t miss out on the prospect to be part of PrestoCon!
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