SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Hortonworks® (NASDAQ: HDP), the leading contributor to and
provider of Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced it has signed an
agreement with Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) to jointly
promote and support Hadoop. The agreement enables HDS to deliver
Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP™), the industry's only
100-percent open source data platform powered by Apache Hadoop, to
Hitachi's enterprise customers. The move strengthens the HDS
portfolio of big data and social innovation strategy solutions.
"Our partnership with Hitachi Data Systems is another proof
point of Hortonworks' commitment to expanding and empowering the
Apache Hadoop ecosystem, accelerating innovation and adoption of
the market's only 100-percent open source enterprise Hadoop," said
John Kreisa, vice president of
strategic marketing at Hortonworks. "The strategic agreement also
provides a joint engineering commitment for the two companies on
current and future projects that will help make Hadoop
enterprise-ready."
Built and packaged by the core architects of Apache Hadoop,
Hortonworks Data Platform includes all of the necessary components
to refine and explore new data sources, and uncover new business
insights from big data sources. It is a core component of the
next-generation enterprise data architecture as it enables
enterprise organizations to capture, process and share data in any
format and at any scale.
For HDS, working with the Hortonworks Data Platform reflects the
company's increased efforts in providing business solutions focused
on integrating information and analytics in ways that allow for
fast deployment and to easily derive value from information.
"Hitachi Data Systems is committed to providing its customers
with next-generation technologies that help them leverage big data
to its fullest potential to solve their unique business
challenges," said Kevin Eggleston,
senior vice president, Social Innovation and Global Industries,
Hitachi Data Systems. "Building on our intent to acquire Pentaho,
this strategic partnership with Hortonworks adds industry-leading,
Hadoop-based solutions to our list of products focused on providing
maximum insights through big data analytics."
For more details regarding this agreement, please visit the
blogs from both Hortonworks and Hitachi Data Systems.
About Hortonworks
Hortonworks develops, distributes
and supports the only 100% open source Apache Hadoop data platform.
Our team comprises the largest contingent of builders and
architects within the Hadoop ecosystem who represent and lead the
broader enterprise requirements within these communities.
The Hortonworks Data Platform provides an open platform that
deeply integrates with existing IT investments and upon which
enterprises can build and deploy Hadoop-based applications.
Hortonworks has deep relationships with the key strategic data
center partners that enable our customers to unlock the broadest
opportunities from Hadoop.
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., provides information
technologies, services and solutions that help companies improve IT
costs and agility, and innovate with information to make a
difference in the world. Our products, services and solutions are
trusted by the world's leading enterprises, including more than 70%
of the Fortune 100 and more than 80% of the Fortune Global 100.
Visit us at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501),
headquartered in Tokyo, Japan,
delivers innovations that answer society's challenges with our
talented team and proven experience in global markets. The
company's consolidated revenues for fiscal 2013 (ended March 31, 2014) totaled 9,616 billion yen ($93.4
billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the Social
Innovation Business, which includes infrastructure systems,
information & telecommunication systems, power systems,
construction machinery, high functional materials & components,
automotive systems, health care and others. For more information on
Hitachi, please visit the company's website at
http://www.hitachi.com.
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For Additional Information Contact:
Mike
Haro
408-438-8628
mharo@hortonworks.com
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