Bluemetrix is a comprehensive data consultancy that provides advisory services, implementation, managed services, training, and data control applications. With more than 18 years of experience in delivering data solutions, we enable business owners to manage and harness the potential of their data. Since 2009, we have extensively worked with various distributions of Hadoop, including Apache, Cloudera, and Hortonworks. As one of the first organizations in Europe to adopt this technology, we have offered Professional Services support for Cloudera and Hortonworks and their clients' Big Data implementations, a commitment we continue to uphold today. Recently, we have established partnerships with Databricks, IBM, and Siemens, assisting customers with Spark deployments on their platforms. Our primary areas of expertise include System Administration and Application Development. Some of our notable projects include: **System Administration/Operations** - Configuring and installing Hadoop from the ground up on a bare cluster to make it operational - Upgrading older Hadoop versions to the most current stable releases - Setting up and installing Kerberos clusters - Integrating Hadoop with Active Directory - Implementing Disaster Recovery solutions (HDFSDR and HiveDR on a Kerberized cluster over Falcon) **Application Development** - Designing and developing a Multi-Screen Analytics Platform for the television division of a leading telecom company - Creating a “Next Product Purchase” solution for a major travel operator - Architecting and implementing a Fraud Detection system for a prominent bank - Aiding in the deployment and integration of a Common Reporting Standard project for a significant banking institution. With over 18 years of experience in developing and operating data analytics systems, Bluemetrix combines rigorous methodologies, best practices, and deep infrastructure knowledge to deliver enterprise-level Big Data analytics systems.