The 1st Open-BDA Hadoop Summit 2014, organized by Innovative Management Services, took place in Karachi, Pakistan on November 18-19, focusing on 'Hadoop in Enterprise Architecture' and featuring sessions on business value and operations related to big data. The summit included a hands-on training session and attracted 109 delegates representing various sectors. Sponsored by companies like Teradata and Microsoft, the event highlighted best practices in big data and Hadoop from global experts.