OpenCore

We are an IT & management consulting company with a focus on the
Apache Hadoop ecosystem & emerging data technologies.

Consulting. We offer consulting on all Big Data and Hadoop related topics. We work at all levels: From the conceptional or strategic stage (what can be done?) right down to hands-on work in the source code.

We differ from our competition in that we are committers in some of the projects (Apache HBase, Hive, ORC) and have been working in the field for 10+ years.

Training. We offer public and in-house training courses covering the most important technologies in this field today. Our courses combine the necessary theory with practial hands-on exercises.

We offer courses on Hadoop/Big Data Basics and Apache HBase as well as others on request.

We are happy to create a custom training tailored to your specific needs as well!

Consulting

Hadoop has been around for more than a decade - and we have been part of it since the beginning.

We are an IT consultancy helping you in your projects. Why should you chose us above our competition?

Well, we've been in this Big Data field since more or less the beginning (over ten years). Longer than most. That allowed us to work on tens of projects in those years. We are not only consulting on this software stack but actively participating (committers and contributors in various Apache projects).

It is our belief that we can best help you with short, focussed support. A few days to weeks at a time is usually optimal, as this allows us to keep a broad overview over what works for other customers as well. What this does not mean is that we are not interested in long-term relationships - just not in a full-time capacity. Our goal is to empower you to do everything yourself and only rely on us when it's really necessary. We also do specialize in troubleshooting and fire-fighting issues when needed.

Open Source

With the shift of open-source projects now building the foundation of enterprise data hubs, we concentrate on the same space, making these tools easier to understand. We have years of software engineering background with Continuous Integration (CI), agile development processes, and more to help you plan, design, and implement your own solutions on top of the open-source stack. In addition, we commit or contribute code to the upstream projects so that future versions include all suitable additions you require.

Project Focus

While there are many interesting projects out there, we specifically focus on those that are already established or are upcoming in the Big Data world, including, for example:

  • Hadoop, HBase, Apache Hive, Apache Impala, Apache Kudu
  • Elasticsearch, Apache Solr
  • Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi

We partner with the main vendors in each category and use those deep and strong ties to clarify any strategic or complex technical questions you may have.

Training

We offer more than just training.

We've got lots of experience in the Hadoop, Big Data/New Technologies world. We'd love to share this knowledge with you. That's why we've developed courses for the topics that we're best at.

  • Pragmatic

    Our hands-on training is unique as students actually operate a cluster, get to perform day-to-day tasks, and learn how to react to exceptional situations. This crucial difference means that many of the common mistakes will have been made and analyzed in our controlled environment, thus vastly lowering the chance of them happening again in your production environment, or while advising customers.

  • Tailored Offerings

    We offer training that is custom-tailored to your environment and technology landscape and is not limited to individual pieces of your stack. You can pick and choose from any of our supported technologies thus potentially reducing the total number of trainings and increasing the effectiveness of each single day of training.

  • Ongoing Relationship

    We want to build a relationship with you that continues beyond the on-site or remote training. The underlying technologies change so fast that you’ll need to retrain your staff almost yearly. We offer access to up-to-date training material and special update slides and courses. These shorter and focused courses allow you to keep informed about the latest versions and developments without having to go through the basics again.

  • Solutions Training

    We also specialize in vertical solution workshops, helping managers, developers, and operators to understand, learn, practice, and implement many of the popular data processing use-cases.

More details on our training program

Let us help you to be successful with your Hadoop and Big Data projects.

Contact us! +49-69-77044763