If you are an intermediate NoSQL developer or have a few big data projects under your belt, you will learn how to increase your chances of a successful and useful NoSQL application by mastering the design patterns described in the book. The HBase design patterns apply equally well to Cassandra, MongoDB, and so on.

Author Biography

Mark Kerzner holds degrees in law, math, and computer science. He has been designing software for many years and Hadoop-based systems since 2008. He is a cofounder of Elephant Scale LLC, a big data training and consulting firm, as well as the co-author of the open source book Hadoop Illuminated. He has authored other books and patents as well. He knows about 10 languages and is a Mensa member. Sujee Maniyam has been developing software for 15 years. He is a hands-on expert of Hadoop, NoSQL, and cloud technologies. He is a founder and the Principal at Elephant Scale (http://elephantscale.com/), where he consults and teaches big data technologies. He has authored a few open source projects and has contributed to the Hadoop project. He is an author of the open source book Hadoop Illuminated(http://hadoopilluminated.com/). He is the founder of the Big Data Gurus meetup in San Jose, CA. He has presented at various meetups and conferences. You can find him on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/sujeemaniyamor read more about him at http://sujee.net.