“Life does not happen in batches …” introducing World of Streaming

By Srabasti Banerjee and

There was a good turnout in the evening at this event, with speakers from MapR, Confluent and DataTorrent talking about streaming technology. Considering this was an evening after working hours, it was good to see…

What an AWESOME luncheon that was! Everyone raved about it.

By Shala Arshi and

Our Women in Big Data Meetup and Luncheon @ Strata+Hadoop World Conference was well attended and well received. We held the event on September 28, 2016 at Javits Center NYC in a beautiful venue, the…

Let’s Make the Line to the Ladies Room Longer

By Shala Arshi and

The Women in Big Data Luncheon at Spark Summit 2016 in San Francisco on June 8th was a success! Over 100 guests attended—including (surprisingly) a good number of men this time!

WiBD Technical Training Workshop at MapR: Apache Drill & Apache Spark

By Fauzia Chaudhry and

Let’s kick off this blog post with a numbers game, shall we? The answer is: 50+ women, who also happen to be data geeks!

Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone to Supercharge Your Career

By WiBD Team and

Driving by the Intel Santa Clara office, a sign caught Sudeepti Balepur’s eye. It was for the Design Thinking workshop being held that day. She remembered hearing about it from a colleague, and it had…

Design Thinking training for Women in Big Data

By Yulia Tell and

On April 21 Women in Big Data Forum hosted a Design Thinking training at Intel corporate headquarters in Santa Clara. 40+ women professionals got together to learn some stories in Design Thinking, understand and interpret…

Did you miss the Women in Big Data Meetup/Luncheon on 3/30/16?

By Shala Arshi and

We held the Women in Big Data Meetup/Luncheon on March 30, 2016 at the Hilton San Jose, co-located with Strata+Hadoop World Conference. The Meetup included several great speakers:

Workforce Equality and Women in Big Data

By WiBD Team and

Angela Gill, strategic business development manager at Intel, and Elizabeth Land, marketing consultant for Intel, sat down with John Furrier and Jeff Frick, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team at Strata + Hadoop…

Industry Event Recap: Meet up at Intel Developer Forum

By Elizabeth Land and

An early Women in Big Data event was co-located with the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco in August, 2015. Attendees got a chance to network at the beginning and end. We heard from three…

Member Profile – Tina Tang

By Elizabeth Land and

I sat down with Tina Tang, one of the founding members of Women in Big Data to get to know her better. Q: How do you spend your days? A: I am the Senior Director…