This Apache Flink Community Update for March 2016 was given by Slim Baltagi at the New York City Apache Flink Meetup.

1. Apache Flink Community Update
February 2016
Slim Baltagi
@SlimBaltagi
sbaltagi@gmail.com
New York City (NYC) Apache Flink Meetup,
March 3rd, 2016

2. Flink 1.0
Apache Flink 1.0.0 release is being
finalized. It is being voted and will be
available sometimes this month: March
2016!
Apache Flink 0.10 to 1.0 Migration
Guide will contain the API breaking
changes and deprecated components.
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3. Flink in Action
Apache Flink in Action is probably the
First book on Apache Flink!
 It will be published by Manning. It is being
co-authored by Sameer Wadkar
(@wadkar_sameer ),Slim Baltagi
(@SlimBaltagi) and Suneel
Marthi(@suneelmarthi)
Please stay tuned for the MEAP: Manning
Early Access Program!
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4. Reading List
 Dataflow/Beam & Spark: A Programming Model
Comparison. February 3rd, 2016
https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/blog/dataflow-beam-and-spark-
comparison
 How Apache Flink enables new streaming
applications Part II: State and versioning by Ufuk Celebi
and Kostas Tzoumas. February 3rd, 2016
http://data-artisans.com/how-apache-flink-enables-new-streaming-applications/
 The Essential Guide to Streaming-first Processing with
Apache Flink, Fabian Hueske and Kostas
Tzoumashttps://www.mapr.com/blog/essential-guide-streaming-first-
processing-apache-flink by Fabian Hueske and Kostas Tzoumas.
 Apache Flink vs Apache Spark - Reproducible
experiments on
cloud Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/shelan1/apache-flink-vs-
apache-spark-reproducible-experiments-on-cloud
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5. Global Flink Meetup Community
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6. Global Flink Meetup Community
 New Meetups:
 Europe
• Apache Flink en Madrid: Feb. 4th , 2016
• Apache Flink London Meetup: Feb. 10th , 2016
 Asia
• Bengaluru Apache Flink Meetup: Feb. 15th , 2016
 America
• Seattle Apache Flink Meetup: Feb. 29, 2016
 New York City (NYC) Apache Flink Meetup is now the
world’s largest Apache Flink meetup! Sorry Berlin and Bay
Area!
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7. Upcoming talks at Conferences – March 2016
 Qcon London, March 7-9, 2016. Talk by Robert
Metzger, dataArtisans:
• Stream Processing with Apache Flink
https://qconlondon.com/presentation/stream-
processing-apache-flink
 Strata + Hadoop World ( 1 talk) (March 31, 2016).
Stephan Ewen, dataArtisans:
• Apache Flink: Streaming done right
http://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/hadoop-big-
data-ca/public/schedule/detail/47190
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8. Upcoming talks at Conferences – April 2016
 Hadoop Summit Dublin, April 13-14, 2016. 2 talks:
http://hadoopsummit.org/dublin/agenda/
• Overview of Apache Flink; the 4G of Big Data
Analytics Frameworks, Slim Baltagi, Capital One
• Unified Stream & Batch Processing with Apache
Flink, Ufuk Celebi, data Artisans
 Kafka Summit, April 26, 2016
• Advanced Streaming Analytics with Apache Flink and
Apache Kafka, Stephan Ewen, data
Artisanshttp://kafka-summit.org/sessions/advanced-
streaming-analytics-with-apache-flink-and-apache-
kafka/
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9. Few Upcoming Meetups
 Talk about Apache Flink 1.0 and its new features by
Stephan Ewen, CEO of data Artisans:
• Washington DC Area Apache Flink Meetup, April 7th,
2016. http://www.meetup.com/Washington-DC-Area-
Apache-Flink-Meetup/
• New York City (NYC) Apache Flink Meetup, April 5th
or April 6th. Date to be confirmed.
http://www.meetup.com/New-York-City-NYC-Apache-
Flink-Meetup/
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10. Happenings in the Flink Community
This is a daily updated list for each
month as Flink articles and blogs are
published, announcements are made
about Apache Flink releases, meetups,
conferences, ...
• February 2016 http://sparkbigdata.com/102-spark-blog-
slim-baltagi/28-happenings-in-the-flink-community-
february-2016
• March 2016http://www.sparkbigdata.com/102-spark-blog-
slim-baltagi/29-happenings-in-the-flink-community-march-
2016
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