Tag: Hortonworks
Cloudera Unveils CDP, Talks Up ‘Enterprise Data Cloud’
Cloudera today shed more light on its strategy to develop a unified flagship offering called Cloudera Data Platform, which is core to its emerging "enterprise data cloud" strategy. It also announced plans to maintain exi Read more…
Merger with Hortonworks Complete, Cloudera Looks to Future
Cloudera and Hortonworks completed their merger today, becoming the preeminent software supplier in the Hadoop ecosystem and possibly the second largest open source software vendor. Flush with half a billion dollars in c Read more…
MapR Targets Cloudera-Hortonworks Customers with ‘Clarity’ Release
MapR Technologies went on the offensive today against its Hadoop rivals Hortonworks and Cloudera with the launch of a "Clarity" release of its MapR Converged Data Platform, as well as a new offer for a free big data asse Read more…
New Cloudera Plots a Course Toward a Unified Future
The merger of Hortonworks and Cloudera will eliminate competition in the market for big data platforms and create a clear leader in the space. Once the transaction is complete, the new Cloudera will embark upon the chall Read more…
Reaction to Hortonworks-Cloudera Mega Merger
"I didn't see this coming." That was a common reaction to yesterday's news that Hortonworks and Cloudera are combining forces in a blockbuster $5.2-billion merger. Sentiment was mostly positive, especially among people w Read more…
Cloudera and Hortonworks to Merge in $5.2 Billion Deal
Cloudera and Hortonworks, the two leading companies backing Hadoop distributions and fierce head-to-head rivals, today made the unlikely announcement that they plan to merge, creating a single company under the Clouder Read more…
Hortonworks Handily Beats Analyst Estimates
Hortonworks today announced the financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, and the numbers beat the projections of every financial analyst that covers the company, giving its stock a 12.5% lift in after-hour Read more…
Water Co. Exploring Use of ML to Detect Quality Issues
Everybody expects to have clean drinking water. But as the lead crises in Michigan has shown, that's not always the case. Now American Water, the largest publicly traded water company in the country, is actively research Read more…
Trimble Keeps on Trucking with Hortonworks, Blockchain
The blockchain ledger and Hortonworks' Hadoop and streaming data management solutions will be used in an ambitious new IT project by trucking software firm Trimble Transportation Enterprise Solutions to streamline the wa Read more…
Hortonworks Breaks Even on Cash Flow
Hortonworks broke even on a cash-flow basis during the fourth quarter of 2017, a significant milestone for the big data platform developer, which posted total quarterly revenues of $75.0 million, a 44% increase from a ye Read more…
The Big Data Tech Inside the 2020 Census
The US Census Bureau is adopting the latest data processing technology to help with its upcoming 2020 Census, including the use of a large Hadoop cluster, real-time stream data processing, and advanced mapping and visual Read more…
Hadoop 3.0 Likely to Arrive Before Christmas
It's looking like big data developers will get an early holiday present as work on Hadoop version 3.0 nears completion. And while Hadoop 3.0 brings compelling new features, including a 50% increase in capacity and upward Read more…
Hortonworks Close to Breaking Even on Cash Flow
Hortonworks is on track to break even from a cash-flow perspective this quarter, its CFO said last week following the release of the company's impressive third-quarter financial results. Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP) last Read more…
Data Plane Offering Marks New Phase for Hortonworks
The new Data Plane Service (DPS) that Hortonworks unveiled today at the Strata Data Conference marks the start of a new phase for the publicly traded company, according to Arun Murthy, chief product officer and co-founde Read more…
IBM Throws In with Hortonworks’ Hadoop
IBM and Hortonworks will distribute each other's products as part of a major extension of their strategic partnership unveiled today at Hortonworks DataWorks Summit/Hadoop Summit in San Jose, California. As part of th Read more…
Hortonworks Touts Hive Speedup, ACID to Prevent ‘Dirty Reads’
If you're considering using Hadoop for SQL-based analytics and BI, you'll be interested in the latest news out of Hortonworks, which today unveiled a new release of its flagship data platform that boasts a fast new relea Read more…
Why Analytics Are Now Assumed to Run in the Cloud
Not long ago, companies considered big data analytics such a strategic advantage that they wouldn’t dream of letting it outside their firewall. That hesitation has almost completely melted away to the point where spend Read more…
Hortonworks Unveils New Offerings for AWS Marketplace
Hortonworks today took the wraps off new big data services that run on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. The Hadoop, Spark, and Hive services are pre-configured, and are designed to get users up and running quic Read more…
Hortonworks: Over 1,000 Customers Served
Hortonworks crossed the 1,000-customer mark during the third quarter, and now counts 60 of the Fortune 100 as paying customers, it announced today. The Hadoop distributor also announced today that it recorded quarterly r Read more…
Talend Set for IPO This Week
There's been chatter about which big data technology company will be the next to go public after Hortonworks' (NASDAQ: HDP) initial public offering of stock in December 2014. Would Hadoop distributor MapR Technologies ma Read more…