The Ilum Course
Pioneer Program

Be among the first to explore and shape the future of modern data platforms in this brand new course.
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– Pre-Launch Opportunity –
  Test the course
  Provide feedback
  Be the first expert

"The up-and-coming Ilum data platform provides a free alternative to the many expensive platform offerings out there. Its modern, Kubernetes-based microservice architecture, paired with its steadily advancing integration of modern open-source tools and file formats, opens up a new world of possibilities for data professionals and enthusiasts.

I would love to share my excitement and knowledge with you in the course!"

– Florian (Your course instructor)

Join a selected group of early online course testers to access unique benefits.
Become one of the "Ilum Pioneers" and test the course as it is being developed – your feedback leads the way!

Early Access

Get early access to cutting-edge content on Ilum Cloud.

Shape the Course

Opportunity to provide feedback and influence course development.

Premium Benefits

Priority support, incl. from the makers of Ilum.

Ilum: A Modular Data Lakehouse for a Cloud-Native World.

Ilum is a free, modular Data Lakehouse platform built for data engineers, analysts, and platform teams. It simplifies managing Apache Spark via API-controlled microservices across Kubernetes, supports open table formats like Delta, Iceberg, and Hudi, and integrates tools such as Jupyter, Airflow, MLflow and the dashboarding solution Apache Superset.

Whether you're modernizing legacy systems or building new data pipelines, Ilum offers a scalable, cloud-native solution to streamline your big data workflows.

Sneak Peek: Course Curriculum

Get ready to become an Ilum expert.

  • Overview of Ilum
  • Object Storage with MinIO
  • Interactive Data Analysis on Ilum
  • Ilum's Microservice Landscape
  • Set up Delta and Iceberg Services
  • Ilum REST API
  • Monitoring Ilum Workloads
  • BI and Analytics with Superset
  • Ilum Build Challenge
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Application Form

The Ilum Pioneers, the early testers of this new course, play an outsize role in shaping the course. As such, they are carefully selected. While we appreciate every application, we are specifically looking for early testers with the following profile:

  • Consider themselves a data enthusiast or data professional
  • Have initial experience in Python, Apache Spark, and SQL
  • Have interest in learning the Ilum data platform
  • Are able to complete the ca. 3 hour course within the next month
  • Are willing to provide constructive feedback and a course review upon completion of the course.

We encourage you to apply if you fulfill all criteria above. Please understand that, as support resources are limited, we can only accept a limited number of early testers.

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