GridGain Brings Apache Ignite Community Together for Ignite Summit 2025

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb. 20, 2025 — The conference schedule for the annual Ignite Summit 2025 is now live. Sanctioned by the Apache Software Foundation and overseen by the Ignite Project Management Committee (PMC), Ignite Summit is the global virtual conference for anyone interested in distributed databases, in-memory computing, and Apache Ignite.

Organized by GridGain, Ignite Summit 2025 is a free, all-day event taking place on February 25, 2025 at 6:30 a.m. PST / 9:30 a.m. EST / 2:30 p.m. UTC. See the full conference schedule and register on the Ignite Summit 2025 website.

Ignite Summit 2025 features some of the world’s leading Ignite practitioners offering sessions for both experienced Ignite developers and those just starting their Ignite journey. Topics range from engineering deep dives and implementation best practices, to architectural overviews and technical use cases.

Featured Ignite Summit 2025 talks include:

• Keynote: Data Processing in the Age of AI, Lalit Ahuja, Chief Technology Officer at GridGain
• Using .NET with GridGain for Best Performance in a Modernization Project, Andrew Burt, Global Enterprise Architect, and Greg Kurpiel, Software Engineer at Hatch
• How HPE Transformed Core Network Portfolio Assets with Apache Ignite? Alain Guigui, 5G Lead Architect and Distinguished Technologist at HPE
• Overcoming Performance Issues in a Giant Banking Project, Mithun Mendon, Solutions Architect at Tata Consultancy Services
• What’s New and Cool in Apache Ignite 3, Pavel Tupitsyn, Apache Ignite.NET maintainer and Lead .NET Engineer at GridGain
• Taking Apache Ignite 3 Enterprise-Wide With GridGain, Stanislav Lukyanov, Director, Product Management at GridGain

“Developers around the world are looking for ways to ensure application speed and scale in the face of constantly increasing data and infrastructure complexity,” said Lalit Ahuja, CTO of GridGain. “Apache Ignite is a foundational technology for accelerating data ecosystems and processing more data from more sources at ultra-low latencies, including for new GenAI and analytics use cases. Ignite Summit 2025 is the perfect place to learn about the power and potential of Apache Ignite.”

About Apache Ignite

Apache Ignite is an open-source distributed database for high-performance computing with in-memory speed that can be used as a distributed cache, an in-memory data grid, or a database for hybrid transactional/analytical processing. Ignite delivers unprecedented speed, massive scalability, and real-time data access for both legacy and greenfield applications. Apache Ignite is used by thousands of leading companies including Apple, Banco do Brasil, Bloomberg, Dreamworks, Dutch Railways, Homeaway, IBM, ING Bank, Microsoft, and PayPal. For more information, visit ignite.apache.org.

About GridGain

GridGain, the original creators of Apache Ignite, offers a leading real-time data platform. The platform enables a simplified and optimized data architecture for enterprises that require extreme speed, massive scale, and high availability from their data ecosystem. GridGain is trusted by companies like Citi, Barclays, American Airlines, AutoZone, and UPS to accelerate their existing applications, speed operational analytics and fraud detection, train machine learning models for AI, and provide fast-access data hubs.

Source: GridGain