Ron Wen

On the Road at Cloudera Sessions

March 26, 2013 Ron Wen Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Held in 10 cities, it’s a chance to get a taste of Cloudera for a nominal fee. After a long drive down from the Triangle area, I finally made it to the Cloudera Road Show at the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, NC. After a quick check-in at the registration desk, I headed to the general session room. HP was on-stage discussing the need to compress the time to implement Hadoop with pre-configured hardware and servers. The general session room was packed, a testament to the burgeoning interest in Apache Hadoop and Cloudera’s role in its growth.

The Evolution of Microsoft Certification Practice Exams

December 19, 2012 Ron Wen Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

We recently sat down with Transcender’s Microsoft product team consisting of Aima Rotella, Joshua Hester, and George Monsalvatge and discussed how their practice exams are developed and how they have evolved to keep up with changes coming from Microsoft. In the end, we learned that there are major challenges in writing practice exams that accurately reflect and teach students important exam concepts, Microsoft is moving towards more open standards, and customer feedback is crucial to developing and evolving Transcender practice exams

Cloudera Certifications: Student Preparation

December 11, 2012 Ron Wen Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

This final segment of our interview with Brad Johnson, who manages Apache Hadoop certification at Cloudera University and recently completed the testing upgrades to CDH 4.1, covers student preparation.

Cloudera Certifications: Why Cloudera?

December 4, 2012 Ron Wen Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

We continue with our discussion with Brad Johnson who manages Apache Hadoop certification at Cloudera University and recently completed the testing upgrades to CDH 4.1. In this segment Brad talks about the value behind Cloudera certifications and how they are a differentiator.

Cloudera Certifications: A Q&A with Brad Johnson

November 27, 2012 Ron Wen Cloudera, Featured, Technology, Training in Business

With over 20 years of experience in instructional and testing design, Brad Johnson managed training and certification programs for organizations such as Sun Microsystems, Visa, and the University of Colorado. He currently manages Apache Hadoop certification at Cloudera University and recently completed the testing upgrades to CDH 4.1 We had the chance to sit down with him and discuss the importance and future of Cloudera Training for Apache Hadoop.